Daddy Academy

Chapter 3272 Books are our eyes

Chapter 3272 Books are our eyes

A vehicle laden with books donated with love slowly drove into the Pujiang Special Education School where Xiaozhou lived. Sunlight streamed through the car windows, illuminating the neatly stacked boxes of books and reflecting on Xiaozhou's excited and expectant face.

Tan Jin'er got out of the car with Xiaobai, Liuliu, Robin, Xi'er, Xiaomi, Chengcheng, Dudu, Xiaoweiwei, and others. Five foundation staff members were also with them, including Qin Jianguo, who was responsible for Xiaobai and the others' safety.

The principal and several teachers of the special school were already warmly welcoming us at the school gate. The campus was quiet, but a special atmosphere could be felt. Although most of the children stood quietly beside their teachers or were led by their peers, their faces were filled with curiosity and joy.

Xiao Bai was the first to jump out of the car, waving at Xiao Zhou: "Xiao Zhou! We brought books!"

Xiao Zhou smiled and looked over at the sound: "Thank you all. My classmates and I have been looking forward to it since yesterday."

Liuliu pushed aside Robin, who was following closely behind Xiaobai, got out of the car first, and, imitating a leader's demeanor, waved to everyone: "Hello everyone! You've all worked hard! The books are here, the knowledge is here, and I'm here!"

Robin stared at her from behind with a murderous glare, then repeated, "I've brought knowledge with me!"

The school principal welcomed them on behalf of the school. This was not their first meeting; they had interacted before when Xiaozhou was enrolled in the school, and the principal had a deep impression of Xiaobai and Liuliu.

After everyone met, a teacher guided them into the auditorium, where a simple donation ceremony had been set up.

There were about a hundred students waiting, a large group, but very quiet, unlike other schools where a large group would chatter incessantly. Everyone sat quietly, following the teachers' instructions.

When Xiaobai and the others entered, everyone turned to look at them.

Little White greeted everyone in a very gentle voice: "Hello everyone, I'm Little White from Little Red Pony Academy. It's nice to meet you all!"

Whispers filled the small auditorium as Liu Liu and the others behind Xiao Bai introduced themselves. The occasion made even the usually boisterous Liu Liu restrain herself, and she obediently introduced herself.

After the ceremony began, Tan Jin'er, on behalf of the Little Red Horse Charity Foundation, delivered a speech, expressing the original intention and blessings for donating the Children's Dream Reading Corner. She concluded by saying, "These books were selected for you by the Little Red Horse Charity Foundation and Xiaobai and the others. We hope you can feel the joy of reading."

Xiaobai was also invited to speak, and she said in a generous manner: "Here are Braille books, large-print books, pop-up books that you can touch, and audio books that can sing! We picked them out one by one, and we hope they can become your good friends and take you to many, many places! If you want to read any other books in the future, tell us and we will buy them for you as soon as possible."

According to the procedure, Liuliu did not have the opportunity to speak, but she expressed a strong desire to speak while on the bus and was eventually allowed to speak briefly, with the rule that her speaking time could not exceed 3 minutes.

She said, "Among these books is the 'Idiom Dictionary' I donated! Although Xiaobai said you won't need it, I believe knowledge is power, and power knows no form! Besides reading, you can have many other activities, such as participating in sports or staging stage plays. If you want, I can be your stage play teacher and teach you acting. On stage, you can be another version of yourself; you can become a princess, a knight-errant, and experience everything you want to experience, just like... dreaming..."

She talked on and on, and Dudu, who was next to her, tugged at her pants under the table, but it was no use. Liuliu seemed not to notice. So Dudu pulled hard and wouldn't let go. Only then did Liuliu come to her senses and give her final summary.

As a student representative, Xiao Zhou was guided forward by the teacher.

His voice was clear and slightly excited. He spoke without a prepared speech, relying entirely on his emotions: "Thank you, Sister Jin'er, thank you, Xiaobai, thank you, Liuliu, thank you, Xiaomi, Chengcheng, Xi'er, Dudu, Robin, and little reporter Xiaoweiwei, thank you everyone! Thank you for the books, and thank you for taking us to the Pujiang Cultural Center last time. Books are our eyes, allowing us to see a bigger world. We will definitely cherish these books... Thank you, Little Red Horse!"

His words deeply moved the group of girlfriends present, and even the usually boisterous Liu Liu quieted down and clapped enthusiastically.

After a brief ceremony, everyone came together to the bright classroom specially prepared for the "Little Red Horse Dream Reading Corner".

Eye-catching signs have already been hung on the wall. Under the guidance of teachers and staff, the group of friends and students worked together to unpack the boxes of new books, categorize them, and place them on the brand-new bookshelves. Then, they divided into small groups to "read" the books together.

Chengcheng and Xiaomi formed a team and used a Braille picture book to tell everyone a forest adventure story. Chengcheng was responsible for describing the pictures, while Xiaomi added details.

Dudu is using an audiobook player to listen to fairy tales with her students. She follows the music with sign language gestures, and the hearing-impaired children are captivated.

Xi'er and Xiao Weiwei were in charge of taking notes. Xiao Weiwei was writing and drawing in her notebook, accumulating news material. Xi'er, on the other hand, had amazing hand speed and was helping Xiao Weiwei.

Xiao Bai acts like a general coordinator, going wherever help is needed while keeping an eye on the overall situation to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Liu Liu and Robin led some children to experience pop-up books. Robin held up the pop-up planet book and let a visually impaired girl touch the convex Jupiter: "Sister, touch it, this is Jupiter, it's so much bigger than Earth!"

The girl exclaimed in surprise, "It's like a giant candy!"

Liu Liu seized the opportunity to slip her a book about tactile animals: "Touch this elephant, its trunk is super long! Hahaha, it's like my long legs."

Robin glanced at her "long legs," curled his lip, and showed his disdain.

The girl who touched the elephant's trunk laughed heartily; it was a novel experience.

Seeing this, Liuliu called everyone to come and touch it. One, two, three, and when the fourth little boy came forward, Liuliu subconsciously repeated, "Now in front of you is an elephant. It has a long trunk. Reach out and touch it. Isn't it long and soft..."

Suddenly, she stopped talking and stared in shock at the little boy in front of her. His sleeves were empty; he had no hands.

Liuliu swallowed hard, and even the quick-witted girl was momentarily speechless. She was completely shocked; it was the first time she had ever seen a child without hands.

The little boy seemed unfazed by Liuliu's gaze and said calmly, "Can I feel it with my face?"

The little boy has no vision problems; he can see, he just doesn't have hands.

Liuliu stammered a little: "Y-yes, yes, yes, you can try it. Oh, I'll help you get it."

Liuliu quickly picked up the tactile animal book and placed it on the little boy's face so he could feel the elephant's trunk.

The little boy chuckled, "It really is very soft! An elephant's trunk is amazing. I heard you can drink water from it."

Robin finally recovered from her shock and interjected, "Yes! You're right! You're amazing, little brother! You know everything. Elephants use their trunks to drink water, sneeze, and eat. Our noses can't do those things."

Her words caused the children around her to whisper among themselves; everyone found it amazing.

The little boy was also very interested and asked, "Have you ever been to the zoo to see elephants?"

Robin said, "I've seen it! I've been to the zoo with my aunt. The elephants there were huge, bigger than us all combined, this big..."

She stretched out her arms wide, gesturing the width an elephant should have.

The little boy seemed very talkative, chatting animatedly with Robin and Liuliu. He had also been to the zoo, seen real elephants, lions, tigers, and more, and knew a lot about animals. He said, "The largest elephant in the world is the African elephant, which is bigger than our Asian elephants. Do you know what the elephant's ancestor was? It was the mammoth, which was even bigger than elephants. Their tusks were much longer, as tall and big as a building, much taller than ours. But many bad people steal ivory. They kill elephants and cut off the tusks to make products, so we can't buy things made of ivory..."

He spoke fluently and vividly, fully demonstrating his vast knowledge, which was astonishing.

Even the usually defiant Liu Liu stopped talking and listened patiently to him, occasionally offering a compliment and focusing on being a straight man.

Before they knew it, more and more people gathered around, eager to learn about elephants.

Xiao Weiwei and Xier also arrived and were quickly taking notes. The two planned to interview the little boy later to get a more comprehensive understanding of him.

Sometime later, the little boy finally finished speaking. He seemed to realize that so many classmates had come around, and he was a little embarrassed. But then came enthusiastic applause, and everyone clapped for him.

His little face instantly turned rosy, shy but even more excited.

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The donation event concluded successfully.

As they left the school, the setting sun bathed the campus in a golden glow. Led by their teachers, the children waved goodbye with reluctance.

Sitting in the car on the way back, the group of girlfriends were a little tired, but they all felt exceptionally fulfilled and warm.

Robin sat down next to his aunt and said, "Auntie, that girl who touches the earth, she's willing to be my pen pal. We've agreed to write letters to each other in the future."

Xiao Bai encouraged, "Then you need to work harder to learn more characters so that you can write better letters."

Robin nodded: "Yes, I'm sure I'll learn even more words this year!"

Everyone made a few pen pals this time and agreed to maintain correspondence after returning home.

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