第19章一句话的力量（1）
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&welve-year-oldboywithalcoholits，wasabouttobelostforever，bytheU。S。edu。Remarkably，hecouldread，yet，inspiteskills，Stevewasfailing。Hehadbeenfailigrade，asheassedrade。Stevewasabigboy，lookieehanatwelve-year-old，yet，StevewentuilMissWhite。
MissWhitewasasmiling，youifulredhead，andStevewasihefirsttimeinhisyounglife，he’ttakehiseyesoffhisteacher；yet，stillhefailed。Heneverdidhishomework，andhewasalwaysihMissWhite。Hisheartwouldbreakunderhersharpwords，andunishedftoturninhishomework，hefeltjustmiserable！Still，hedidnotstudy。
Inthemiddleofthefirstsemesterofschool，theehgradewastestedforbasicskills。Stevehurriedthroughhistests，anduedtodreams，asthedayworeowasnotinschool，butinthewoods，whereheoftenese，tryingtoshutoutthesights，soundsandsmellsofhisale。Noonetoseeifhewassafe。Nooneknewhewasgone，beoonewasshtocare。Oddly，Stevenevermissedadayofschool。
Oneday，MissWhite’simpatientvoicebrokeintohisdaydreams。
&artled，heturolookather。
“Payattention！”
StevelockedhisgazeonMissWhitewithadolestadoratioogooverthetestresultsfortheseventhgrade。
“Youalldidprettywell，”shetoldtheclass，“exceptforoneboy，anditbreaksmyhearttotellyouthis，but…”Shehesitated，piohisseatstare，hereyessearghisface。
&boyihgradeisfailingmyclass！”
&aredatSteve，asthearoodlook。Stevedroppedhiseyesandcarefullyexaminedhisfiips。
&，itwaswar！Stevestillwouldn’tdohishomework。Evenasthepusbecamemoresevere，heremaiubborn。
“Justtryit！ONEWEEK！”Hewasunmoved。
“Yh！You’llseeaothingfazedhim。
“Giveyourselfa’tgiveuponyourlife！”Nothing。
“Steve！Please！Icareaboutyou！”
Wow！Sudde！！Someohim？Someoallyunattainablea，？！
&homefromschool，thoughtful，thatafternoon。Walkingintothehouse，hetookonelookaround。Bothparentswerepassedout，invariousstagesofuhestench！He，quickly，gathereduphisggear，ajarofpeanutbutter，aloafofbread，abottleofwater，andthistime…hissfaddetermined，heheadedforthewoods。
ThefollowingMondayhearrivedatse，aedforMissWhitetoehe。Shewalkedin，allsparklesandsmiles！God，shewasbeautiful！Heyearoturnonhim。Itdidnot。
MissWhite，immediately，gaveaquizontheweekeevehurriedthroughthetest，aohandihalookofsurprise，MissWhitetookhispaper。Obviouslypuzzled，shebegantolookitover。Stevewalkedbacktohisdesk，hisheartpoundingwithi。Ashesatdowresistathelovely>
MissWhite’sfatotalshock！SheglaSteve，thendown，thenup。Suddenly，herfacebrokeintoaradiahesmartestboyihgradehadjustpassedhisfirsttest！