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Enjoy Reading Wanchun From Xingfulu Middle School Many years ago, my dad had a terminal(晚期的,不治的) heart condition. He was unable to work at a steady job. He would be fine for quite a while, but would then suddenly fall ill and have to be admitted to the hospital. He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children’s hospital . My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He ended up working with the seriously ill children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them. Sometimes, he would lose one of the kids. In certain instances(情况，场合)，he would tell the sad parents of these children that he would soon be with their children in heaven and that he would take care of them there. He would also ask the parents if there was a message they would like to send with him for their children.  One of his kids was a girl who had a rare disease that paralyzed (瘫痪) her from the neck down. It was very sad for a girl around eight or nine years old. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very depressed. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head would move. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything if you set your mind to.”  Eventually(最终), she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children’s hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed, but this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “ Thank you for helping me walk.”  My dad would cry every time he told u