A Touching Story of Unexpected Kindness in Minnesota
- A heartwarming story unfolded in Minnesota when my friend Jack received a call from an unfamiliar voice, leading to a surprising revelation.
- Jack's phone call took an unexpected turn when a foreign-born person or someone with speech difficulties answered, raising concerns.
- It turned out that the person who answered the call was a girl with severe disabilities who had recently moved into Jack's house, bringing unexpected joy to his life.
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Something happened once when my friend Jack was Living in Minnesota-- something that he didn`t consider any big deal.I called Jack`s house to speak with him, and the phone was answerd by an unfamiliar voice. The radio was playing loudly in the background, and for a moment I thought I might have dialed an incorrect number. The voice on the other end said a few labored words that I could`t understand, and then stopped. The rock music from the radio continued. I stayed on the line, concerned that something was wrong. Three or four minutes passed, and finally I heard another phone being picked up in the house. I heard Jack`s voice say, ‘Hello？‘ I said hello back, and I said I`d thought that a foreigh-born person or a person who was unable to speak clearly had answerd his phone, I asked him if anything troubling was going on. `I`ll tell you in a minute,` he said, and his voice went away and soon enough I could hear it in the room where the other phone was off the hook-- the room from which I was hearing the rock music. I heard Jack say , I`ve got it,honey.` Then.`It`s all right. Thank you for answering.` He hung up that phone,and when I heard him again he could talk without her listening. `She`s such a sweettheart,` he said, and then explained. He had been out of town on business, and when he returned the girl -- the girl who had answerd the phone with such difficulty -- had moved into his house. His wife Janice was working as a schoolteacher, and at the school where she taught there were children who had severe disabilities.This girl was one of those children. She had been born with a serious problem that had affected her both physically and mentally. It was not the kind of illness that surgery or medicine could fix.
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かつて、私の友人のジャックが、ミネソタに住んでいた時、あることが、起こりました ― 彼が、全然大したことではないと考えたことです。 私は、彼と話すためにジャックの家に電話をしました、すると、その電話には、なじみの薄い声が、出ました。 ラジオが、背後で、大きな音でかかっていました、そして、瞬間的に、私は、間違った番号にダイヤルしたかもしれないと思いました。 相手の声は、私に理解できない2、3ののろのろした言葉で話して、そして、電話は、切れました。ラジオからロック音楽が、続いていました。 私は、電話をつないだまま、何か良くない事が起こっているのかと心配していました。 3、4分が、過ぎました、そして、ようやく、私は、その家の中で、もう一つ別の電話が、取られるのを聞きました。 私は、ジャックの声が、「もしもし」と言うのを聞きました。私は、挨拶を返して、外国生まれの人か、はっきり話すことができない人が、彼の電話に出たと思ったと、私は言いました。何か問題が、起こっているのかと、私は、彼に尋ねました。「すぐに君に話すよ」と、彼は言いました、そして、彼の声は、去りました、そして、すぐに、もう一方の電話が、はずれていた部屋 ― ロック音楽が、聞こえていた部屋 ― で、私は、それ（ジャックの声）を聞くことができました。 「原因がわかったよ。」と、私は、ジャックが言うのを聞きました。 それから、「もう大丈夫だ。 答えてくれてありがとう。」（と言いました。） 彼は、その電話を切りました、そして、私が、再び彼の話を聞いたとき、彼は、彼女に聴かれずに話すことができました。「彼女は、とっても可愛いいんだ」と、彼は言いました、そして、説明しました。 彼は、仕事で町を出ていました、そして、彼が、帰ったとき、その女の子 ― 大変苦労して電話に出た女の子 ― が、彼の家へ引っ越して来ていました。 彼の妻ジャニスは、学校の先生として働いていて、彼女が、教えている学校には、高度障害のある子供たちがいました。この女の子は、そうした子供たちの1人でした。 身体的に、また、精神的に、彼女に影響を及ぼした深刻な問題を抱えて、彼女は、生まれました。 それは、手術や薬が治すことのできる種類の病気ではありませんでした。
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