《奇迹男孩》｜每个人都值得被温暖和善待(2)

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下文选自故事的开头。从节选中你会初识几位主要人物——一直给予他爱和尊重的爸爸、妈妈和姐姐维娅——以及每个人的特点。在后面的故事中你会读到：August有怎样迷人的性格呢？入学之后，即将见面的同学和老师会给他怎样的冲击和崭新的人生经历呢？
《奇迹男孩》节选
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I know I"m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid.
我知道自己不是一个普通的十岁小孩。
I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess.
我是说，当然了，我做的也是普通的事情。我吃冰淇淋，骑自行车，打球，我还有一款XBox。这些东西让我貌似很普通，应该是吧。
And I feel ordinary. Inside.
我感觉自己内心也挺普通的。
But I know ordinary kids don"t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don"t get stared at wherever they go.
不过我知道，一个普通的孩子不会在操场上吓得别的普通孩子失声尖叫，四散逃开。我知道，一个普通的孩子无论去哪里，都不会被人一路盯着看。
If I found a magical lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all.
如果我得到一盏神灯，可以许一个愿望，我希望自己有一张压根没人会注意的普通脸。
I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing.