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奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 2_Via]C35——August Through the PeepholeAugust Through the Peephole His eyes are about an inch below where they should be on his face, almost to halfway down his cheeks. They slant downward at an extreme angle, almost like diagonal slits that someone cut into his face, and the left one is noticeably lower than the right one. They bulge outward because his eye cavities are too shallow to accommodate them. The top eyelids are always halfway closed, like he's on the verge of sleeping. The lower eyelids sag so much they almost look like a piece of invisible string is pulling them...2022-10-2006 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 2_Via]C34——Seeing AugustSeeing AugustI never used to see August the way other people saw him. I knew he didn't look exactly normal, but I really didn't understand why strangers seemed so shocked when they saw him. Horrified. Sickened. Scared. There are so many words I can use to describe the looks on people's faces. And for a long time I didn't get it. I'd just get mad. Mad when they stared. Mad when they looked away. "What the heck are you looking at?" I'd say to people-even grown-ups. Then, when I was about eleven, I went to...2022-10-0407 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 2_Via]C33——Before AugustBefore August I honestly don't remember my life before August came into it. I look at pictures of me as a baby, and I see Mom and Dad smiling so happily, holding me. I can't believe how much younger they looked back then: Dad was this hipster dude and Mom was this cute Brazilian fashionista. There's one shot of me at my third birthday: Dad's right behind me while Mom's holding the cake with three lit candles, and in back of us are Tata and Poppa, Grans, Uncle Ben, Aunt Kate, and Uncle Po. Everyone's looking at...2022-10-0302 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 2_Via]C32——A Tour of the GalaxyA Tour of the GalaxyAugust is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun. The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun. The only celestial body that doesn't orbit August the Sun is Daisy the dog, and that's only because to her little doggy eyes, August's face doesn't look very different from any other human's face. To Daisy, all our faces look alike, as flat and pale as the moon. I'm used to the way this universe works. I've never minded...2022-09-2804 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C31——NamesNamesRat boy. Freak. Monster. Freddy Kruger. E.T. Gross-out, Lizard ace. Mutant. I know the names they call me. I've been in enough playgrounds to know kids can be mean. I know, I know, I know. I ended up in the second-floor bathroom. No one was there because first period had started and everyone was in class. I locked the door to my stall and took off my mask and just cried for I don't know how long. Then I went to the nurse's office and old her I had a stomach ache, which was...2022-09-2603 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C30——The Bleeding ScreamThe Bleeding Scream Walking through the halls that morning on my way to the lockers was, I have to say, absolutely awesome. Everything was different now. I was different. Where I usually walked with my head down, trying to avoid being seen, today I walked with my head up, looking around. I wanted to be seen. One kid wearing the same exact costume as mine, long white skull face oozing fake red blood, high-fived me as we passed each other on the stairs. I have no idea who he was, and he had no idea who I...2022-09-2305 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C29——CostumesCostumesFor me, Halloween is the best holiday in the world. It even beats Christmas. I get to dress up in a costume. I get to wear a mask. I get to go around like every other kid with a mask and nobody thinks Ilook weird. Nobody takes a second look. Nobody notices me. Nobody knows me. I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks....2022-09-2105 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C28——The Cheese TouchThe Cheese Touch I noticed not too long ago that even though people were getting used to me, no one would actually touch me. I didn't realize this at first because it's not like kids go around touching each other that much in middle school anyway. But last Thursday in dance class, which is, like, my least favorite class, Mrs. Atanabi, the teacher, tried to make Ximena Chin be my dance partner. Now, I've never actually seen someone have a "panic attack" before, but I have heard about it, and I'm pretty sure Ximena had a panic...2022-09-1903 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C27——School PicturesSchool PicturesI don't think anyone will be shocked to learn I don't want to have my school picture taken on October 22. No way. No thank you. I stopped letting anyone take pictures of me a while ago. I guess you could call it a phobia. No, actually, it's not a phobia. It's an "aversion," which is a word I just learned in Mr. Browne's class. I have an aversion to having my picture taken. There, I used it in a sentence. I thought Mom would try to get me to drop my aversion to having...2022-09-1801 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C26——HalloweenHalloween At lunch the next day, Summer asked me what I was going to be for Halloween. Of course, I'd been thinking about it since last Halloween, so I knew right away. "Boba Fett." "You know you can wear a costume to school on Halloween, right?" "No way, really?" "So long as it's politically correct." "What, like no guns and stuff?? "Exactly." "What about blasters?" "I think a blaster's like a gun, Auggie." "Oh man . . . ," I said, shaking my head. Boba Fett has a blaster. "At least...2022-09-1703 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C25——ApplesApplesMy birthday is October 10. I like my birthday: 10/10. It would've been great if I'd been born at exactly 10:10 in the morning or at night, but I wasn't. I was born just after midnight. But I still think my birthday is cool. I usually have a little party at home, but this year I asked Mom if I could have a big bowling party. Mom was surprised but happy. She asked me who I wanted to ask from my class, and I said everyone in my homeroom plus Summer. "That's a lot of kids, Auggie, ,"...2022-09-1604 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C24——Mr.Browne’s October PreceptMr.Browne’s October Precept Mr. Browne's precept for October was: YOUR DEEDS ARE YOUR MONUMENTS. He told us that this was written on the tombstone of some Egyptian guy that died thousands of years ago. Since we were just about to start studying ancient Egypt in history, Mr. Browne thought this was a good choice for a precept. Our homework assignment was to write a paragraph about what we thought the precept meant or how we felt about it. This is what I wrote: This precept means that we...2022-09-1501 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C23——Jack WillJack WillI hung out with Jack in homeroom, English, history, computer, music, and science, which were all the classes we had together. The teachers assigned seats in every class, and I ended up sitting next to Jack in every single class, so I figured either the teachers were told to put me and Jack together, or it was a totally incredible coincidence. I walked to classes with Jack, too. I know he noticed kids staring at me, but he pretended not to notice. One time, though, on our way to history, this huge eighth grader...2022-09-1403 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C22——Wake Me Up when September EndsWake Me Up when September EndsThe rest of September was hard. I wasn't used to getting up so early in the morning. I wasn't used to this whole notion of homework. And I got my first "quiz" at the end of the month. I never got "quizzes" when Mom homeschooled me. I also didn't like how I had no free time anymore. Before, I was able to play whenever I wanted to, but now it felt like I always had stuff to do for school. And being at school was awful in the beginning. Every...2022-09-1304 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C21——PadawanPadawanThat night I cut off the little braid on the back of my head. Dad noticed first. "Oh good," he said. "I never liked that thing." Via couldn't believe I had cut it off. "That took you years to grow!" she said, almost like she was angry. "Why did you cut it off?" " don't know," I answered. "Did someone make fun of it?" "No." "Did you tell Christopher you were cutting it off?" "We're not even friends anymore!" "That's not true," she said. "I can't believe you...2022-09-1206 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C20——One to TenOne to TenMom always had this habit of asking me how something felt on a scale of one to ten. It started after I had my jaw surgery, when I couldn't talk because my mouth was wired shut. They had taken a piece of bone from my hip bone to insert into my chin to make it look more normal, so I was hurting in a lot of different places. Mom would point to one of my bandages, and I would hold up my fingers to show her how much it was hurting. One meant a...2022-09-1104 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C19——The Summer TableThe Summer Table"Hey, is this seat taken?" I looked up, and a girl I never saw before was standing across from my table with a lunch tray full of food. She had long wavy brown hair, and wore a brown T-shirt with a purple peace sign on it. "Uh, no," I said. She put her lunch tray on the table, plopped her backpack on the floor, and sat down across from me. She started to eat the mac and cheese on her plate. "Ugh," she said after swallowing the first bite. "I...2022-09-1104 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C18——LunchLunchVia had warned me about lunch in middle school, so I guess I should have known it would be hard. I just hadn't expected it to be this hard. Basically, all the kids from all the fifth-grade classes poured into the cafeteria at the same time, talking loudly and bumping into one another while they ran to different tables. One of the lunchroom teachers said something about no seat-saving allowed, but I didn't know what she meant and maybe no one else did, either, because just about everybody was saving seats for their friends. I tried...2022-09-0903 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C17——Choose KindChoose Kind There was a lot of shuffling around when the bell rang and everybody got up to leave. I checked my schedule and it said my next class was English, room 321. I didn't stop to see if anyone else from my homeroom was going my way: I just zoomed out of the class and down the hall and sat down as far from the front as possible. The teacher, a really tall man with a yellow beard, was writing on the chalkboard. Kids came in laughing and talking in little groups but I didn't look...2022-09-0808 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C16——Lamb to the SlaughterLamb to the Slaughter "Like a lamb to the slaughter": Something that you say about someone who goes somewhere calmly, not knowing that something unbleasant is going to happen to them. I Googled it last night. That's what I was thinking when Ms.Petosa called my name and suddenly it was my turn to talk. "My name is August," I said, and yeah, I kind of mumbled it. "What?" said someone. "Can vou speak up, honey?" said Ms. Petosa. "My name is August," I said louder, forcing myself to look up. "I...2022-09-0702 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C15——Around the RoomAround the Room Ms. Petosa told us a little about who she was. It was boring stuff about where she originally came from, and how she always wanted to teach, and she left her job on Wall Street about six years ago to pursue her "dream" and teach kids. She ended by asking if anyone had any questions, and Julian raised his hand. "Yes..." She had to look at the list to remember his name. "Julian." "That's cool about how you're pursuing your dream," he said. "Thank you!" "You're welcome!" He smiled proudly.2022-09-0603 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C14——LocksLocksI went straight to room 301 on the third floor. Now I was glad id gone on that little tour, because I knew exactly where to go and didn't have to look up once. I noticed that some kids were definitely staring at me now. I did my thing of pretending not tonotice. I went inside the classroom, and the teacher was writing on the chalkboard while all the kids started sitting at different desks. The desks were in a half circle facing the chalkboard, so I chose the desk in the middle toward...2022-09-0609 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C13——First-Day JittersFirst-Day JittersOkay, so I admit that the first day of school I was so nervous that the butterflies in my stomach were more like pigeons flying around my insides. Mom and Dad were probably a little nervous, too, but they acted all excited for me, taking pictures of me and Via before we left the house since it was Via's first day of school, too. Up until a few days before, we still weren't sure I would be going to school at all. After my tour of the school, Mom and Dad had reversed sides...2022-09-0404 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C12——HomeHomeAs soon as we had walked at least half a block from the school, Mom said: "So . .. how'd it go? Did you like it?" "Not yet, Mom. When we get home," I said. The moment we got inside the house, I ran to my room and threw myself onto my bed. I could tell Mom didn't know what was up, and I guess I really didn't, either. I felt very sad and a tiny bit happy at the exact same time, kind of like that laughing-crying feeling all over again. My dog, Daisy...2022-09-0303 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C11——The DealThe DealMom and Mr. Tushman were talking when we got back to the office. Mrs. Garcia was the first to see us come back, and she started smiling her shiny smile as we walked in. "So, August, what did you think? Did you like what you saw?" she asked. "Yeah." I nodded, looking over at Mom. Jack, Julian, and Charlotte were standing by the door, not sure where to go or if they were still needed. I wondered what else they'd been told about me before they'd met me. "Did you see...2022-09-0204 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C10——The Performance SpaceThe Performance SpaceCharlotte basically didn't stop talking as we headed down to the second floor. She was describing the play they had put on last yeat, which was OLIVER!She played Oliver even though she's a girl. As she said this, she pushed open the double doors to a huge auditorium. At the other end of the room was a stage. Charlotte started skipping toward the stage. Julian ran after her, and then turned around halfway down the aisle. "Come on!" he said loudly, waving for me to follow him, which I did. "...2022-09-0208 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C9——The Grand TourThe Grand TourJack Will, Julian, Charlotte, and I went down a big hallway to some wide stairs. No one said a word as we walked up to the third floor. When we got to the top of the stairs, we went down a little hallway full of lots of doors. Julian opened the door marked 301. "This is our homeroom," he said, standing in front of the half-opened door. "We have Ms. Petosa. They say she's okay, at least for homeroom. I heard she's really strict if you get her for math, though." "That's...2022-09-0105 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C8——Jack Will, Julian, and CharlotteJack Will, Julian, and CharlotteWe followed Mr. Tushman into a small room across from Mrs.Garcia's desk. He was talking as he closed the door to his office and sat down behind his big desk, though I wasn't really paying much attention to what he was saying. I was looking around at all the things on his desk. Cool stuff, like a globe that floated in the air and a Rubik's-type cube made with little mirrors. I liked his office a lot. I liked that there were all these neat little drawings and paintings by...2022-09-0111 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C7——Nice Mrs.GarciaNice Mrs.GarciaWe followed Mr. Tushman down a few hallways. There weren't a lot of people around. And the few people who were there didn't seem to notice me at all, though that may have been because they didn't see me. I sort of hid behind Mom as I walked. I know that sounds kind of babyish of me, but I wasn't feeling very brave right then. We ended up in a small room with the words OFFICE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIRECTOR on the door. Inside, there was a desk with a nice-seeming lady...2022-08-3104 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C6——Paging Mr.TushmanPaging Mr.TushmanI would have been more nervous about meeting Mr. Tushman if I'd known I was also going to be meeting some kids from the new school. But I didn't know, so if anything, I was kind of giggly. I couldn't stop thinking about all the jokes Daddy had made about Mr. Tushman's name. So when me and Mom arrived at Beecher Prep a few weeks before the start of school, and I saw Mr. Tushman standing there, waiting for us at the entrance, I started giggling right away. He didn't look at all like...2022-08-3103 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C5——DrivingDriving It was a long drive home. I fell asleep in the backseat like I always do, my head on Via's lap like she was my pillow, a towel wrapped around the seat belt so I wouldn't drool all over her. Via fell asleep, too, and Mom and Dad talked quietly about grown-up things I didn't care about. I don't know how long I was sleeping, but when I woke up, there was a full moon outside the car window. It was a purple night, and we were driving on a highway full of cars. And...2022-08-3009 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C4——Christopher’s HouseChristopher’s HouseI was really bummed when Christopher moved away three years ago. We were both around seven then. We used to spend hours playing with our Star Wars action figures and dueling with our lightsabers. I miss that. Last spring we drove over to Christopher's house in Bridgeport. Me and Christopher were looking for snacks in the kitchen, and I heard Mom talking to Lisa, Christopher's mom, about my going to school in the fall. I had never, ever heard her mention school before. "What are you talking about?" I said. Mom lo...2022-08-3003 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C3——How I Came to LifeHow I Came to LifeI like when Mom tells this story because it makes me laugh so much. It's not funny in the way a joke is funny, but when Mon tells it, Via and I just start cracking up. So when I was in my mom's stomach, no one had any idea I would come out looking the way I look. Mom had had Via four years before, and that had been such a "walk in the park" (Mom’s expression) that there was no reason to run any special tests, About two months be...2022-08-2905 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C2——Why I didn’t go to schoolWhy I didn’t go to schoolNext week I start fifth grade. Since I've never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally and completely petrified. People think I haven't gone to school because of the way I look, but it’s not that. It's because of all the surgeries I've had. Twenty seven since I was born. The bigger ones happened before I was even four years old, so I don't remember those. But I've had two or three surgeries every year since then (some big, some small), and because I'm little for...2022-08-2903 min
奇迹男孩WONDER（英语版）[Part 1_August]C1——OrdinaryOrdinaryI know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an XBox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go. If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at...2022-08-2802 min