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Helen Keller, , It was the summer of 1880. A healthy baby girl was born, in a small town in Alabama. Her parents loved her dearly, and named her Helen Keller. But one day, the baby, became ill and day after day, her fever stayed high., Everyone in the family tried to help her to get better, but, all they could say was, “There is nothing more we can do., The baby may not live.”, , Helen lived. But she was not the same after her illness., “Something is very wrong,” her mother said. At last they, found out what was wrong. The child could not see or hear., , The baby grew into a little girl. Her parents felt sorry for, her. Helen often cried and held on to her mother. “Give the, poor child what she wants,” her father would say., , Though Helen could not hear or see, she was a bright, little girl. Some people thought Helen could not learn, anything. Her mother did not agree. “Helen is very smart,”, she said and added, “the problem is, how can we reach, her? She is locked, up inside herself.”, , Helen began to, grow wild. She, would not let, anyone comb her, hair. Her clothes

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were always dirty. She was often angry. Sometimes she, even lay on the floor and kicked her feet., Her parents thought that they should find a teacher, , .. for her. Miss Sullivan, a young teacher agreed to help, , , “lh, , Helen to learn to see the world. Miss Sullivan gave, Helen a doll. “D_O_L_L” spells, doll. She spelt the, word with her, fingers into, Helen’s hand., , She made the, letters with, special hand, signs., , Helen copied f, her teacher and, spelt D_O_L_L, too, but she did not al, understand what she was, doing. Helen liked Miss Sullivan. She was strict but, kind. She spelt a lot of words for Helen, on her hand,, day and night, to make Helen understand., , One day, her teacher made Helen put her hand into, running water. Then, she spelt W_A_T_E_R. Suddenly, , Helen understood that W_A_T_E_R meant something, wet, running over her hand. She understood that words

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©, were the most important things in VK, , the world. Words would tell her A, , everything she wanted to know. x, , New words, , dearly, illness, agreed, important