About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college，I was working as an intern①at my University's Museum of Natural History②．One day while w orking at the cash register in the gift shop，I saw an elde rly couple come in w ith a little girl in a w hee lchair．
As I looked closer at this girl，I saw that she w as kind of perched on her chair． I the n realized she had no arms or legs， just a head，neck and torso③．She was we aring a little white dre ss with red polka④dots．
As the couple whe eled her up to me I was looking down at the register．I turned my head tow ard the girl and gave her a wink．As I took the mone y from her grandparents，I looked back at the girl，who was giving me the cutest，large st smile I have ever seen．All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl，w hose smile just me lted me and almost instantly gave me a comple tely newsense of w hat life is all about．She took me from a poor，unhappy college student and brought me into her world；a world of smile，love and warmth．
That w as ten years ago．I'm a succe ssful busine sspe rson now and whenever I ge t dow n⑤and think about the trouble s of the world，I think about that little girl and the rem arkable le sson about life that she taught me ．
Notes：
①intern实习医师
②Natural History博物学
③torso未完成的（不完整的）作品，残缺 不全的东西
④polka波尔卡舞，女用紧身短上衣
⑤get down沮丧
