Janna and The Giver

小坚强和善善

在妈妈和我从中国回来的的时候。我听说了一个孤儿的事儿。有些事儿让我生气，有些事让我伤心。

小坚强在中国的生活很不好。她老师老会说她很笨，也她说了很不好的话。他是她最喜欢的老师因为他是唯一肯教她的老师而且她喜欢他教育他学生的方法。我以前听说过她最喜欢的老师，那时候我觉得她最喜欢的老师很好。我真没想到他以前会这样对她。我一点都不喜欢她最喜欢的老师，他怎么那么会演戏。其他的老师比他还坏。他们踢过她。

福利院的阿姨也没有比学校的老师要好。她们根本就不适合当阿姨。她们让所有的东西都让小坚强做，不给她买东西，经常骂她，骗他。我知道你们现在想什么：爱丽丝不是一只想自己做事吗？那些阿姨有什么错？现在我就来告诉你：我的情况跟小坚强的情况不一样。我那个阿姨她有时候让别的小孩帮她干活，所以那时候我就说既然他们让别的小孩该活儿，那我也可以干呀。小坚强的生活也不比接上的小孩要好。除了这个，她还要照顾她福利院里的一个＂姐姐＂。那些阿姨根本就会在乎小坚强。所以对我来说，那些阿姨都应该开除！

小坚强的福利院也有老人。那些老人在小坚强出国之前告诉他一些让她害怕的事儿。这让我很生气，也让小坚强害怕。也让她花了很长时间才融入那个家庭呢。我真不知道为什么那些老人做这些事儿，小坚强又没有着他们惹她们的，他们就不能让她开开心心的去美国呀！真是的！

生气的事儿都说完了，接下来就是伤心的事儿。小坚强老是说关于她姐姐的事儿。他的姐姐是一个很善良的人，我们把她姐姐就叫善善吧。在小坚强出国之前的时候，善善去世了。善善她一生中都在招呼着小坚强。她们俩的姐妹关系好像是世界上最好的姐妹关系。他们俩什么东西都一起做。有一次我们见面说了话，我试着安慰安慰她，但是她说我根本就不懂因为我根本没就没有经过。那时候我很伤心因为我不能安慰她。同时我也觉得我这人什么都不懂。我真不知道我应该怎么安慰她。


现在我想让大家知道一件事儿。我觉得善善可能还会活着的如果她福利院把她招呼的好好的。我的福利院是住在北京，在那里那些领导和主席经常来到我们福利院那儿来看望。但是，善善和小坚强的福利院是住在离北京比较远的地方，所以那些福利院不需要给那些重要的人看他们福利院有多好。那些福利院的阿姨经常找借口不照顾他们。当那些小孩反抗的时候，那些阿姨老师用：＂我是大人，你是小孩。是你在教我还是我教你。我讨厌当她们说这个。人并不是完美的，有时候他们会有错，他们应该谦虚地认错！

现在我想让你想想：他们当孤儿是他们的错吗？我觉得不是。那些在中国无辜的孤儿应该别人那么对待吗？我觉得不是。如果你们跟我的想法一样的话，我想你们会像我一样的很想帮助对吧？那你们有什么办法吗？我有两个办法：一个是把那些孤儿带进一个温暖幸福的的家庭。一个是让中国的政府和其他人注意到那些阿姨的行动，然后让那些阿姨执行她们应该做的事儿。我觉得这两个都是好办法，也都会实现。但是，我觉得第二个办法跟第一个要快和好，因为什么东西都没比一个温暖幸福的家庭要好。况且，第二个办法要是用很长的时间因为要是一种文明活习惯改变是很难的，不管是好的还是坏的。所以在我们等那些阿姨改变之前，我们可以做一些伟大的事情。

现在就让我们手牵手的帮助那些孤儿吧！

When mom and I came back to America from China, I heard an orphan's story. Some of the things I heard made me mad, some made me sad. 

Janna's life in China wasn't very good. Her favorite teacher told her that she was stupid and said many bad words to her. He was her favorite teacher because he was the only teacher that would teach her and she liked the way that he taught the students. I had heard about her favorite teacher and thought he was very good. I couldn't imagine that he would treat her like that, he must have been a very good actor to have fooled everyone! Other teachers were worse than him. They kicked her. 

The orphanage nannies weren't any better than the teachers. They made Janna do everything. I know what you guys are thinking now: Alice wants to do everything by herself, isn't that right? What did the nannies do wrong? Now let me tell you: my situation and Janna's situation are different. My nannies sometimes would let kids help them do chores, so I thought if they let other kids do chores, then I could do them too. Janna's life was no better than the kids who lived on the streets. In addition to that, she had to take care of a "sister" in her orphanage. Those nannies didn't care about Janna at all. So I think those nannies should be fired! 

Janna's orphanage also had old people. Those old people told her some stuff that made her very scared before she came to America. That made me mad, it also made Janna scared. It also took her a long time to trust her family. I really don't know why those people told her those stories. Janna didn't do anything to them, couldn't they just let her happily come to America? 

The previous makes me mad, the following makes me sad. Janna always talked about her sister. Her sister had a very soft and kind heart. Let us call her The Giver. Before Janna came to America, The Giver passed away. The Giver used her whole life to take care of Janna. Their sister relationship probably is the best in the world. They did everything together. One time I met Janna and talked, I tried to comfort her, but she said that I don't understand because I never experience the loss of someone close. At that time I was very sad because I couldn't comfort her. I really didn't know how should I comfort her. 

Now I want to tell you guys something. I think The Giver would have lived if her orphanage had taken care of her well. My orphanage is in Beijing. The president and the important people came to visit my orphanage very often. However, The Giver and Janna's orphanage is very far away from Beijing, so they didn't have to show how good their orphanage was. Those orphanage nannies often found excuses to not to take care of them. When the children protest that the nannies were wrong, the nannies always use "I am adult, are you teaching me or am I teaching you?" I hate when they say that. People are not perfect, sometimes they are wrong, they should just say they are wrong.

Now I want you to think: Is it their fault that they became orphans? I don't think so. Should they be treated that way? I don't think so. If you agree with me, I bet you, like me, want to help the orphan so badly. What idea do you have? I have two ideas: One is to bring those orphans to a blessed happy family; One is to let the China government and other people be aware of of those nannies actions, then enforce them to do the things that they should do. Those two ideas are both good and doable. However, I think the first idea is better and faster than the second idea, because nothing is better than a blessed happy family. In fact, the second idea will take a long time because if you want to change a culture or a habit it is very hard. So while we are waiting for them to change, we can do some mighty things. 

Now let us hold hands to help those orphans!