3. Asimilarmisfortunebefellagirl,too.Onenighthermother,whosufferedfromchronic2mentalillnessdisappeared.Soherfatherwentoutlookingforhermother,leavingheraloneathome.Shetriedtopreparemealsforherparents,onlytooverturnthekerosene3lightonthestove,resultinginafirewhichtookherhandsaway.Thoughhereldersisterwhowasstudyinginanothercity,showedherwillingnesstotakecareofher,shewasdeterminedtobecompletelyindependent.Atschool,shealwaysstudiedhard.Mostofallshelearnedtobeself-reliant.Onceshewrotethefollowinginhercomposition:「Iamlucky.ThoughIlostmyarms,Istillhavelegs;Iamlucky.Thoughmywingsarebroken,myheartcanstillfly.」
4. Oneday,theboyandthegirlwerebothinvitedtoappearonatelevisioninterviewprogram.TheboytoldtheTVhostabouthisuncertainfutureatbeingleftonhisown,whereasthegirlwasfullofenthusiasmforherlife.Theybothwereaskedtowritesomethingonapieceofpaperwiththeirtoes.Theboywrote:Myyoungerbrother』sarmsaremyarms；whilethegirlwrote:Brokenwings,flyingheart.
5. Theyhadbothenduredthesameordeal4,buttheirdifferentattitudesdeterminedthenatureoftheirlives.Itistruethatlifeisunpredictable5.Disasterscanstrikeatanytime.Howyouhandlemisfortunewhenconfrontedwithit,isthetruetestofyourcharacter.Ifyouchooseonlytocomplainandescapefromtheordeal,itwillalwaysfollowyouwhereveryougo.Butifyoudecidetobestrong,thehardshipwillturnouttobeafortuneonwhichnewhopeswillarise.
1. 在一次事故中，作為家中頂樑柱的父親永遠地離去了，他也因此失去了雙手。從此弟弟的手便成了他的手。為了照顧他，弟弟從小到大總是形影不離地跟在他的身邊，他除了學會了用腳趾頭寫字做作業外，生活上完全不能自理。
2. 有一次，他因腸胃不好，半夜起來要上廁所，於是他叫醒了弟弟。弟弟幫著他進了廁所後，就回宿舍躺下了。由於太勞累，弟弟閉上眼就睡著了。結果他在廁所裡等了整整兩個小時，才被查夜的老師發現。慢慢長大了的兩兄弟也有了煩惱和爭執，有一天弟弟終於提出要離開他，因為弟弟要和很多正常人一樣需要過自己的生活。為此，他很傷心，不知如何是好。
3. 無獨有偶，另一個女孩也有著同樣的遭遇。因為媽媽長期患有精神病，在一天晚上無故出走，爸爸去找媽媽了，家中便只留下她一人。她決定做好飯菜等爸爸媽媽回來吃，卻不小心將灶台上的煤油燈打翻，結果雙手便被大火奪走了。雖然在外地讀書的姐姐願意照顧她，可倔強的她一定要自己照顧自己。在學校，她不但讀書認真，更重要的是她學會了生活自理。她曾在一篇作文裡寫道：我幸福，雖然斷了雙手，但我還擁有一雙腳；我幸福，雖然翅膀斷了，但心也要飛翔……
4. 有一天，他們被一家電視台邀請到了演播室。面對主持人，男孩表現出了對前途的迷茫，而女孩則對生活充滿了熱情。主持人要求他們分別在一張白紙上寫一句話。他們分別用腳趾頭夾起了筆，男孩寫的是：弟弟的手便是我的手。女孩卻寫下了：翅膀斷了，心也要飛翔。
5. 他們倆都經受了同樣的苦難，但不同的人生態度卻決定了其生活的本質。是的，人生多變幻，苦難總是在不知不覺中驟然降臨。如何應對苦難，是對你的性格的真正考驗。面對苦難，如果選擇抱怨與逃避，苦難就永遠如影隨形；但如果選擇堅強，苦難便會化作甘泉，滋潤美好的希望。
ColorfulShadesOfGray絢爛的灰色
1. Mothsareveryuglycreatures.AtleastthatiswhatIalwaysthoughtuntilareliablesourcetoldmeotherwise.WhenIwasaboutfiveorsixyearsold,mybrotherJosephandIstayedovernightatourAuntLinda』shouse,ourfavoriterelative.Shespoketouslikeadults,andshealwayshadthebeststories.
2. Josephwasonlyfouryearsold,andstillafraidofthedark,soAuntLindaleftthedooropenandthehalllightonwhenshetuckedusintobed.Joecouldn』tsleep,sohejustlaytherestaringattheceiling.JustasIdozedofftosleep,hewokemeupandasked,「Jennie,whatarethoseuglythingsnearthelight?」(IhadalwayslikedthatheaskedmequestionsbecauseIwasolderandsupposedtoknowtheanswers.Ididn』talwaysknowtheanswers,ofcourse,butIcouldalwayspretendIdid.)Hewaspointingtothemothsflutteringaroundthehalllight.「They』rejustmoths,gotosleep,」Itoldhim.
3. Hewasn』tcontentwiththatanswer,orthemothsnearhisnightlight,sothenexttimemyAuntwalkedbythedoorheaskedhertomaketheuglymothsgoaway.Whensheaskedwhy,hesaidsimply,「Becausethey』reuglyandscary,andIdon』tlikethem!」Shejustlaughed,rubbedhishead,andsaid,「Joejustbecausesomethingisuglyoutsidedoesn』tmeanit』snotbeautifulinside.Doyouknowwhymothsarebrown?」Joejustshookhishead.
4. 「Mothsarethemostbeautifulanimalsintheanimalkingdom.Atonetimetheyweremorecolorfulthanthebutterflies.Theyhavealwaysbeenhelpful,kind,andgenerouscreatures.Onedaytheangelsupinheavenwerecrying.Theyweresadbecauseitwascloudyandtheycouldn』tlookdownuponthepeopleonearth.Theirtearsfelldowntotheearthasrain.Thesweetlittlemothshatedtoseeeveryonesosad.Theydecidedtomakearainbow.Themothsfiguredthatiftheyaskedtheircousins,thebutterflies,tohelp,theycouldallgiveupjustalittlebitoftheircolorsandtheycouldmakeabeautifulrainbow.
5. Oneofthelistmothsflewtoaskthequeenofthebutterfliesforhelp.Thebutterfliesweretoovainandselfishtogiveupanyoftheircolorsforneitherthepeoplenortheangels.So,themothsdecidedtotrytomaketherainbowthemselves.Theybeattheirwingsveryhardandthepowderonthemformedlittlecloudsthatthewindssmoothedoverlikeglass.Unfortunately,therainbowwasn』tbigenoughsothemothskeptgivingalittlemoreandalittlemoreuntiltherainbowstretchedallthewayacrossthesky.Theyhadgivenawayalltheircolorexceptbrown,whichdidn』tfitintotheirbeautifulrainbow.