Sunday,
November 18, 2012.
Name
of the book: WILMA RUDOLPH
Author:
JO HARPER
Illustrated:
MERYL HENDERSON
Number
of pages read: 184
WILMA RUDOLPH
This new chapter is about "Wilma Becomes a
Fighter"
In the 1940s
in Clarksville, Tennessee an little girl of six years called Wilma saw sadly as her brother Wesley
ran out the door." see you later" he said over her shoulder. He was
always going places and doing things. He would joke and laugh about later. He
was only a year older than Wilma. She wanted to go with him. When she saw him
leave she felt sad and she started to cry. And Wilma went to room with only a
little radio to listen to. After of this event Wilma went not school because
she was too sick. Wilma's mother said why is your leg like this? Wilma looked
at the brace that was supposed to straighten her twisted foot and crooked leg.
Then she looked intently at her mother's gentle face.
Later,
Dr. Coleman came by to check on her. He was a black doctor, and he treated all
the black people in Clarksville. He had taken care of Wilma all her life. He
always wore a suit and carried his doctor's leg Wilma thought he was very neat
and very professional, but it was his face that she liked most. It was a kind
intelligent face. She felt that Dr. Coleman understands her.
After leg was amputated but she continued to struggle to
overcome this problem and after many years Wilma thus became Olympic runner and
also she became Olympic champion. Finally, Wilma Rudolph died of brain cancer
at 54 on November 12, 1994.
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I am delighted
with this story I think is the most exciting and interesting story I've read so
far. This story teaches us that we should never stop fighting for our ideals
and that nothing is impossible in life when you believe and fight for their
dreams.
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