wonder | Part Eight

virgin-and-child

August 随同班级出游，然后在夜晚看电影时，吓到了七年级的大孩子，他们要欺凌教训一下他，被其他五年级的同学阻挡，August也被拉着四处逃命。

这件事情传到了学校里，同学们表示很敬佩救了August的朋友，August也由此出名。最后在学期末时，老师Mr.Tushman奖励了他一张特殊的奖牌：

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness

现在这整本书读完了，我觉得作者强调的是做人要学会善良。Mr.Tushman每月所给的Precepts里，也大多表明如此：

SEPTEMBER

When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. —Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

MARCH Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. —Blaise Pascal

APRIL

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. —Sappho

MAY

Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as you ever can. —John Wesley’s Rule

事实证明他这样的努力也是有效果的，同学们的回馈里也有类似的precepts:

CHARLOTTE CODY’S PRECEPT

It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.

SAVANNA WITTENBERG’S PRECEPT

Flowers are great, but love is better. —Justin Bieber

MAYA MARKOWITZ’S PRECEPT All you need is love. —The Beatles

但是我清楚地知道这是虚构的，也或者是因为自己也看过许多现实的故事，并不是轻易相信。

毕竟西方的白左爱心太过泛滥，之前觉得很好，现在反而更倾向于道教的顺其自然，达尔文的进化完善，市场经济的淘优逐劣。

我更希望的是，我们能够choose kind，而同时不损失各方利益。可这很难，或者说，我理解还不到位，需要再思考吧。

在下篇全书总结里会给出我的具体想法。因为要上课实习了。==||

Q&A

【1】What happened to August when he was in the Broarwood Nature Reserve?

Some guys bullied August and he was pulled backward and fell flat on the back, elbow hitting the rock, hurt, blooding. Then being chased, he was running like crazy. And finally all of them were lost and the hearing aids were gone.

【2】August said when he went back to school, there was a big shift. What was it?

Everyone—not just in one grade but every grade—had heard about what had happened to August with the seventh graders, so suddenly he was known for that thing.

【3】Who won the final award called the Henry Ward Beecher medal? Why?

August. Because he did get through the fifth grade. And that’s not easy, though it is ordinary for you.