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I first met Windy, a six-year-old girl, on the beach near where I lived.
She was building a sand house there. She looked up, and her eyes were as blue
as the Sea. Every time when I felt unhappy, I drove to the beach.
"Hello, Miss Agnes," she said. I answered, but I didn't really
want to stop her. "I'm building." she said. I saw that.
"What is it? " I asked her. "Oh, I don't know. I just
like the feeling of the sand." Oh, that's good, I thought, and took off my
shoes to join her. A sandpiper (鹬) flew by. She told me that it would make me happy. I felt better
then.
A week later on my next visit, I learned that Windy lived in a cottage (小屋) and didn't go to
school. Soon after that, my mother died, and I rushed to the beach to be alone.
I didn't want to say anything when Windy came up to me. "Why?" she
asked.
I turned to her and shouted, "Because my mother died!" "Oh,"
she said quietly, "then today is a bad day."
A month later, I went to the beach but couldn't find Windy. I missed her
so much that I visited her house. I learned that Windy had died of leukemia (白血病), but she left a
picture of a sandpiper for me.