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The Heroic Giraffe Who Saved the Day Continued
everyone. We were all deaf and no one even realized it. The only way of communication was to write on a piece of paper, telling everyone what I thought had happened.The nearest place to get any help at, where there were medical personnel, was two miles away. The only kind of transportation I had was my moped, but it didn’t go very fast. I could faintly remember but I was positive there was someone who could help us. One of the educators in a different department owned a hearing aid store for the hard of hearing. I made it my mission to find the educator and somehow communicate to him that I needed help by getting hearing aids for everyone. I leaped onto my moped and drove as fast as I could through the building, trying not to run over other students as I went. . I leaped off of my moped and bolted straight through the educator’s
door almost knocking the poor man over. After I regained my balance, I scrawled on the chalkboard that I needed help because I became deaf after the hurricane hit. The educator looked at me puzzled and asked me what I needed. I shouted that he needed to write what he asked me on the chalkboard because he clearly couldn’t understand that I was deaf. I was flabbergasted that he could hear perfectly fine, but I realized he was already wearing a hearing aid. I explained to the educator that I needed hearing aids as soon as possible. He told me I would have to wait until he could get over to his store. Instead of having to wait for the educator, I decided to go find the hearing aids myself, which I did.
When I returned, I gave everyone a hearing aid and they were able to hear again. My very close friend Dr. Hazel traveled to see me after he had heard what had happened. “Melvin, I’m so sorry to hear about what had happened here with you and your fellow classmates. I’m so glad that everyone’s all right. I came here to personally congratulate you on your accomplishments. You followed my advice and took life the way it is, and accomplished an astonishing feat.” “Thank you Dr. Hazel, if it wasn’t for my quick thinking, everyone would still be deaf and might never be able to hear again. Thanks for the advice and for being a great mentor and friend to me, I cannot thank you enough. Even with a disability I can still accomplish great things, no matter what obstacles life can throw at a person.” After all the chaos that had happened and the trouble I went through to try to help everyone, my fellow classmates considered me a true hero. I was rewarded with a citizenship award for being courageous and brave and making sure everyone was able to hear again.