Be with Me Page #2

Beth told me to tell him in Cantonese,

"Please help me and remember me.

I want to go to school."

Mr. Wilson did.

He visited the famous | Perkins school

in Massachusetts

and told the director, | Dr. Edward Waterhouse,

about a deaf and blind girl | in Singapore...

"If you see her, you will like her."

Well, Dr. Waterhouse turned up

in Singapore in 1958.

Yes, he liked me.

In fact, he liked me so much

he offered me a scholarship

to go to Perkins,

where they had the best teachers

and facilities to educate | someone like me.

And so I found myself in America

at the end of 1960.

I could not speak English | at that time,

and one of the most | important things

was teaching me speech.

It was probably baffling | to a lot of people

how someone like me

who is both blind and deaf

can learn a totally new language.

I guess it's true what they say...

"If there's a will, there's a way."

Determination can conquer

the most difficult | and discouraging things

in the world.

...I prayed all the time... | "Please don't make me blind."

"I don't deserve | this eternal punishment."

The Story of Precious Lotus | (Theresa)

Pa.

Pa, how are you?

Pa, your food is the bestl

Pa.

Eat.

Ma's dead.

You have to | take care of yourself.

I'm translating a book | for this lady, Theresa.

She's deaf and blind.

This is her life story.

You should read it.

I have to go | and see Theresa now.

I'll come back | next Sunday for dinner.

My father cooked this.

I thought you might like it...

braised pork.

Smells delicious.

I was blessed and lucky enough | to have traveled the world.

It was in Bombay that I encountered

my first sorrowful experience.

One night

God wanted me to know His world.

My traveling companion | Peggy and I

were standing | on the balcony of the hotel

when she described | what she saw to me.

On the dirty pavements

were hordes of homeless | families sleeping.

Peggy said they looked | hungry and lifeless.

It struck me then | that while I was disabled,

I had everything.

These people were just struggling

so that they could survive.

I quietly made a vow that one day

I would donate something

to these poor people in India.

In 1975, I appealed | to the public for help

and received some money

with which I bought | two Perkins Braille writers

and two Braille watches.

I arranged for these | and a sum of money

to be sent to India.

I did a lot of growing up | in America.

I received an education,

I did things | I never thought I could do.

I even dated.

Pa.

Theresa loves your cooking.

I love curry.

It tastes good.

Anything special you would like | my father to cook?

My father is very inspired | by your book.

This tastes very nice.

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