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,

I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.

His name was Kyle.


5 ?* }1 ]! Y7 m% x: ]( ]5 Z9 G& T5 NIt 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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; m" z. H# O7 H4 {6 x8 ~' UHe must really be a nerd."


# |8 T  @' O! Y) \0 h  S3 d7 OI 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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& i; F5 S- P: n4 [4 l' {& w/ [As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.

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# S7 J+ S/ U  C( HThey 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.


, s8 r, R7 t% z% X' A4 PHe looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes
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2 _& n# m' H; y3 Y7 b! yMy 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.
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- c; i7 S" |/ E9 u4 p$ k, C* pAs I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks.
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They really should get lives
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" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"
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* u& N3 Y6 T! r/ U: ?: @3 vThere was a big smile on his face.
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$ x. h  ?2 m% X. r- T* tIt was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.
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I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived
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) [, F8 P% D6 L: `As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.

He said he had gone to private school before now.
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  ]* k) }9 y0 |7 SI would have never hung out with a private school kid before.

We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.
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He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.
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1 a' \2 S/ k0 N2 {% SI 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.


Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.
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' l* m0 F: B! C& f6 @9 p+ t2 A+ yI stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!


"He just laughed and handed me half the books.

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: u4 M# r" R0 ^' p, y0 aOver the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.


When we were seniors, we began to think about college.

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Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I
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. m, w$ [& J# ?9 X" N2 n4 @7 VI knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.

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$ Y& A9 J& f0 hKyle was valedictorian of our class.
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- K2 {. t9 ?; ]# z; f; D- OI teased him all the time about being a nerd.
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He had to prepare a speech for graduation.
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/ p# m9 ^' E  @3 ?, TI was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak
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" W6 H* E3 e5 M# _! H5 MGraduation day, I saw Kyle.


# {8 I# N( ~8 Z( p+ f' r2 K# i4 WHe looked great.
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5 {2 n' Z6 G: i) B, N( j& E2 j5 hHe was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.
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He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.

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- N! s' K. C4 s9 Z1 [+ h1 yHe had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.

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4 |$ Q, p- J0 v* Q7 ]1 f, t; WBoy, sometimes I was jealous.
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Today was one of those days.

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I could see that he was nervous about his speech.
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) S+ _$ k/ h# n* L9 P+ vSo, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!"
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He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.



"Thanks," he said.


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! ?9 D1 t3 H% N! q) l! [4 q- z( F"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.
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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.


5 O* P- b5 Q# V5 a  Z! WI am going to tell you a story."
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6 |8 \; j* H9 d" W6 i0 N% s7 u+ \I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.

* I* ~8 u0 h3 L9 k8 gHe had planned to kill himself over the weekend.
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He 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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& d, u4 [, H+ U1 XHe looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.
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"Thankfully, I was saved.

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8 y, a: G* n! [5 j4 MMy friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."

" P3 w; z  u$ }- EI heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.

I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.
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+ g+ @6 q: D* |( E# i7 s! QNot until that moment did I realize its depth.

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With one small gesture you can change a person's life.
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For better or for worse.

God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.
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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