"You're a dumb freak just like him you big eared creep" said one of the boys as he grabbed his friend and backed off far enough so that the arrow would not hit them. "If you're so brave kick him again now" I said, shaking like a leaf. The bigger of the two bullies ran up and kicked the deaf boy in the middle of his back as hard as he could and then he ran out of arrow range again.The boy jerked about and then made a sound that I will never forget for as long as I live. It was the sound like a whale makes when it has been harpooned and knows that it is about to die. I fired all four of my arrows at the two bullies as they ran away laughing about what they had done.

　　I pulled the boy up off the ground and helped him back to his house which was about two blocks down the street from the school building. When we reached his home his sister told me that her brother was deaf but that he was not dumb like the two bullies said. That he was very smart but could not say or hear anything. I told her that he did make a sound when the bully kicked him in the back. She told me that I must be mistaken because all her brother's vocal cords had been removed during an experimental surgery, which had failed.The boy made one of those hand signs at me as I was about to leave. I asked his sister "if your brother is so smart then why is he doing things like that with his hands?" She told me that he was saying that he loved me with his hands. I didn't say anything back to her at all because I didn't believe her. People can't talk with their hands and everybody knows that. People can only talk with their mouth.

　　Almost every Sunday for the next year or two I could see the boy through the chain-link fence as we ate watermelon outside behind the dining room, during the summer time. He always made that same funny hand sign at me and I would just wave back at him, not knowing what else to do.

　　On my very last day in the orphanage I was being chased by the police. They told me that I was being sent off to the Florida School for Boys Reform School, at Marianna so I ran to get away from them. They chased me around the dining room building several times and finally I made a dash for the chain-link fence and tried to climb over in order to escape. I saw the deaf boy sitting there on his porch just looking at me as they pulled me down from the fence and handcuffed me. The boy, now about twelve jumped up and ran across San Diego Road, placed his fingers through the chain-link fence and just stood there looking at us.

给他单独“我大喊：我走出孤儿院大门，看到学校的春季公园几个孩子欺负推动聋人左右。我不知道在所有的男孩，但我知道，我们大约在同一时代，因为他的身材。他住在老房子对面的白色从我住的孤儿院。我见过他几次前廊他绝对没有做只是坐在那里，除了喜欢有趣的手部动作制作。

在夏天，我们并没有获得多少吃晚饭星期天，除了西瓜，然后我们吃它背后的餐厅外，所以我们将不会对表内一片混乱。关于唯一一次见到他，我会通过高勾栅栏包围了孤儿院当我们吃西瓜外面。

聋哑孩子的手都开始制造一种信号，实时快速等。“你是个愚蠢的白痴”说，这两个恶霸，他推动了男孩倒在地上大。另外欺负乱跑背后的男孩，因为他踢了回去可他一样努力。聋人孩子的身体开始发抖，他各地蜷缩在一球是为了掩护，隐瞒他的脸。他看起来像他想哭泣，或东西，但他却无法作出任何声音，我不think.I跑快回来，我可以通过孤儿院大门，进入厚厚的杜鹃花丛。我发现我的自制弓箭，我已经建造了竹和字符串。我抓住四个竹也发了言，他们有可口可乐左右箭头顶弯的末端，使真正的尖端。然后我跑回去了，在船头竖起箭门，我只是想安静的站在那里，只是不敢呼吸清苦其中一方踢或触及的男孩了。

“你是个哑巴，就像他的大耳畸形你蠕变说：”其中一个男孩，因为他抓住了他的朋友和支持不够，使箭头不会打击他们。“如果你再这样勇敢踢他现在”我说，像一片树叶摇晃。这两个恶霸较大跑了，踢在了他的努力早在中间的聋孩子，他可以，然后他跑出了一系列的again.The男孩猛地箭头，然后提出一个关于声音，我永远不会忘记的只要我还活着。这是像鲸发出的声音使镖时，它已经，而且知道它是关于死亡。我发射了所有四个欺负我的两个箭头，他们跑了，他们做了什么笑。

我把这个男孩离开了地面，并帮助他回到了他的房子是两下，从建校街区。当我们到达他家，他妹妹告诉我，她的弟弟是个聋子，但他不喜欢两个恶霸说哑。他很聪明，但不能说什么或听到什么。我告诉她，他作出了一个良好的欺负时，踢了他的背。她告诉我，我一定是错误的，因为她的哥哥的声带已在实验手术，清除了failed.The由男孩在我的手势，因为我是一个即将离开。我问他姐姐：“如果你弟弟是那么聪明，为什么这样做，是他与他的手的东西吗？”她告诉我，他说他爱我与他的双手。我没有说什么回她，因为我不相信她。人们可以用自己的双手不说，每个人都知道。人们只可以说，用自己的嘴。

几乎在每个星期天或明年我能看到两个通过勾花网的男孩，因为我们吃西瓜背后的餐厅外，在夏季的时候。他总是在我的手一样有趣的现象，我只想波回的样子，不知道自己能做什么。

在我最后一次在孤儿院我被警察追捕的日子。他们告诉我，我被下放到学校改革的男孩在佛罗里达州中学玛丽安娜，所以我跑到摆脱他们。他们追逐的餐饮室建设好几次我，我终于取得了勾花网一冲，试图翻越为了逃脱。我看到聋哑男孩坐在那里，他就在走廊看着我，因为他们把我拉下来的栅栏和手铐我。这个男孩，现在大约12跳起来跑在圣地牙哥路，放在通过勾花网，他的手指，只是站在那里看着我们。