An American boy
The Shute family lived in the southern part of the USA . Mr Shute was a farm worker , and he didn’t have much money. Mr and Mrs Shute had a daughter called Jane . Then they had a second child-a son . How happy they were ! They called him James and loved him very much .
But there was something wrong with the child . He did
Everything very slowly . His parents did not know what was wrong . So one day they took him to a doctor . The doctor found that there was something wrong with James’ eyes. He could not see anything .
The doctor said he could do nothing to help him .
Mr and Mrs Shute were very sad . But what could they do?
James grew bigger every day . He was very healthy and happy,
But be could not look after himself . He could not wash himself or
Get dressed. Instead , his sister or his parents had to help him.
One day , the Shutes heard that there was a good doctor in a
Town not far away . Maybe he could help James . So they took the
Boy to visit him . The doctor looked over James and asked the Shutes many questions . At last he said , I think I can help him He’ll
be OK if I do one small operation .Just one small operation? Yes , yes . Do it , doctor!One minute…two minutes…three…four…ten minutes .And then , James could see ! How happy everyone was!

一个美国男孩
夏特家住在美国南部。夏特先生是一个农场工人，他没有很多钱。夏特先生和太太有了一个女儿叫简，后来又有了第二个孩子——一个男孩。他们多么高兴啊！他们给他取名叫詹姆，他们非常爱他。
但这个男孩有点问题，他做任何事都很慢。他的父母不知道问题在哪儿。所以一天带他去看病。医生发现他的眼睛有点问题。他看不见任何东西。医生说他帮不了他。夏特先生和太太非常悲哀。但是他们能做什么？詹姆一天天长大，他很健康和快乐，但他不能照顾他自己，他不能自己洗簌和穿衣，他的姐姐和父母不得不帮助他。一天，他们听说不远的镇上有一位好医生。也许他能帮助詹姆。所以他们带着男孩去看病。医生仔细地查看了詹姆并问了他们很多问题。最后他说，我想我也许能帮他，如果我做一个小手术，他就会好了。一个小手术？好的，好的，医生，做吧！一分钟，二分钟，三分钟，四分钟。。。十分钟。詹姆能看见了！每一个人都很高兴！