A touching story! U must read!!!

celinedeng

This is really a great story!!

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One day, when I was a freshman in high school,
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I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.

1 `, ?/ [0 U) f4 l% L3 f3 G" QHis name was Kyle.
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2 X) ]9 u2 v" T# g7 AIt looked like he was carrying all of his books.
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I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?
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He must really be a nerd."


I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

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As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.

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+ O( K' ^0 g6 gThey ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.
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His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.
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/ c/ x: C9 u, y9 @" y* L7 PHe looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes
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1 L, g5 `- h2 t+ z2 F& L: CMy heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.


5 [4 J. \- z! t" T. wAs I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks.


They really should get lives


: {9 w. b: x  E1 P. X, @; H" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"

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There was a big smile on his face.
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It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.
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# ?0 ^; h1 ~) `% K7 R, cI helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived


As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.
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He said he had gone to private school before now.
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9 R$ C$ d4 h9 w% I$ bI would have never hung out with a private school kid before.

1 A1 B5 K' h" ?6 o9 a. ]- nWe talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.
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, J9 r% l2 ~: u+ wHe turned out to be a pretty cool kid.


I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends

He said yes.
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We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him.
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Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.
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I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!
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  s9 F1 i) c, Y% W# P2 v"He just laughed and handed me half the books.
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Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.

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6 w+ c7 A, H5 d0 w; uWhen we were seniors, we began to think about college.
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2 X& e/ C/ H/ t4 r* l& C" tKyle decided on Georgetown, and I
was going to Duke.
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I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.

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He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.

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Kyle was valedictorian of our class.

I teased him all the time about being a nerd.


He had to prepare a speech for graduation.
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  |- y2 I/ G( AI was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak
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Graduation day, I saw Kyle.


He looked great.


, n2 \( A1 C+ w6 K/ r4 W8 u; r# M3 yHe was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.


He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.
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# }) B% \5 B9 S0 z9 q8 F% I  WToday was one of those days.



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So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!"

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! x1 {& V% a! A/ ~7 ?7 I$ HHe looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.
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"Thanks," he said.
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As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began




"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.

Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends...

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I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.
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1 h' w; c: x8 I; rI am going to tell you a story."
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# n+ v) Q1 q# K$ Z9 fI just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.
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8 E+ m* x5 t0 h$ |+ c7 LHe had planned to kill himself over the weekend.

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- N6 H2 k# t, t2 {9 C8 a1 Q, J2 VHe talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.
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He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.

"Thankfully, I was saved.
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My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
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: E+ ^; y! z$ p/ C% p% EI heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.
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: \1 }8 f. G) r( }1 ^# w, a+ NI saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.
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Not until that moment did I realize its depth.
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Never underestimate the power of your actions.

With one small gesture you can change a person's life.
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God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.
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Look for God in others.

卖啃吸

what a guy, he has kept his secret through his high school life?

fcyfcy1

A nice guy...but the story it's not so touching...at least for me...
It's was only a accident... the author with his friend