第21章小女孩的梦想（1）
ALittleGirl'sDream
詹恩·米切尔JannMitchell
Thepromisewasalongtimekeeping。Butthen，sowasthedream。
Intheearly1950sinasmallSoutherniatown，alittlegirlheftedyetanotherloadofbooksoinylibrary’ster。
Thegirlwasareader。Herparentshadbooksallovertheirhome，butnotalwaystheoed。Soshe’dmakeherweeklytrektotheyellowlibrarywiththebrowntrim，thelittleone-roombuildihe’slibraryactuallywasjustaly，sheveofthatnookinsearchofheftierfare。
Asthewhite-hairedlibrarianhaheduedatesien-year-old’schoice，thelittlegirllookedlonginglyat“TheNewBook”promilydisplayedoer。Shemarveledagainatthewoingabookandhavingitho，righttherefortheworldtosee。
Thatparticularday，shefessedhergoal。
“WhenIgrowup，”shesaid，“I’mgoier。I’mgoingtowritebooks。”Thelibrarianlookedupfrawiththesionsomanyreceive，butwithe。“Whenyoudowritethatbook，”shereplied，“bringitintoourlibraryaitondisplay，righthereoer。”Thelittlegirlpromisedshewould。
Asshegrew，sodidherdream。Shegotherfirstjobinniingbriefpersonalityprofiles，whiedher$1。50eatheloeer。Themoneypaledinparisonwiththemagigherwordsonpaper。Abookwasalong>
&edherhigh-schoolpaper，marriedandstartedafamily，buttheitchtowriteburneddeep。Shegotapart-timejsespaper。Itkeptherbrainbusyasshebalanobook。Shewenttoworkfulltimeforamajordaily。Evemagaziillnobook。
Finally，shebelievedshehadsomethingtosayandstartedabook。Shesentitofftotwopublishersaed。Sheputitaway，sadly。Severalyearslater，theolddreaminpersisteaaherbook。Shepulledtheotheroutofhiding，andsoonbothweresold。
Buttheworldofbookpublishingmovesslowerthanthatofdailyneers，awolohedaytheboxarrivedoepwithitsfreeauthor’scopies，sherippeditopen。Thenshecried。She’dwaitedsolongtoholdherdreaminherhands。Thehatlibrarian’sinvitation，andherpromise。
Ofcourse，thatparticularlibrarianhaddiedlongago，alelibraryhadbeeomakewayferin。Thewomatheheheadlibrariaealetter，tellingherhowmuchherpredecessor’swordshadmeanttothegirl。She’dbeintowiethhighsioe，andcouldshebriwobooksbyaothelibrary？Thelibrariandsaid，“e。”Soshedid，gacopyofeachbook。