OnedaymanyyearsagowhenIwasworkingasapsychologistatachildren'sinstitutioninEnglandanadolescentboyshowedupinthewaitingroom.Iwentouttherewherehewas 36upanddownrestlessly.
Timworeablackraincoatthatwas 37 allthewayuptohisneck.Hisfacewaspaleandhestaredathisfeetwhilewringing（扭）hishandsnervously.Hehad 38 hisfatherasababyandhadlivedwithhismotherandgrandfathereversince.Buttheyearbeforeheturned13hisgrandfatherandmotherwerekilledinacaraccident.
IlookedatTim.Hewasvery 39 anddepressed（inlowspirits）.Herefusedtotalktome.Thefirsttwotimeswe 40 Timonlysathunchedup（蜷缩）inthechairwithoutsayingaword.AshewasabouttoleaveafterthesecondvisitIputmyhandonhisshoulder.Hedidn't___41 backbuthedidn'tlookatmeeither.
"Comebacknextweekifyoulike”Isaid.I 42 abit.ThenIsaid"Iknowithurts.”
HecameandI____43____weplaychess.Henodded.AfterthatweplayedchesseveryWednesdayafternoon―in 44 andwithoutmakinganyeyecontact.It'snoteasyformeto45 inchessbutIadmitthatImadesureTimwononceortwice.
UsuallyhearrivedearliertookthechessboardandpiecesandsetthemupbeforeIevengota（n） 46 tositdown.Itseemedasifheenjoyedmy 47 .Butwhydidhe 48 lookatme?
"Perhapshesimplyneedssomeonetosharehis 49 with"Ithought.
OneafternoonTimtookoffhisraincoatandputitonthebackofthechair.Whilehewassettingupthechesspieceshisfaceseemedmore 50 andhismotionsmorelively.
SomemonthslaterIsatstaringatTim'shead 51 hewasbentoverthechessboard.Iwasthinkingabouthowlittleweknewaboutthehealing（治疗）process. 52 helookedupatme."It'syour 53 "hesaid.
AfterthatdayTimstartedtalking.
MaybeIgaveTimsomethingbutIlearnedalotfromhim.Heshowedmehowone-withoutanywords―can 54 outtoanotherperson.Allit 55 isahugashouldertocryonafriendlytouchasympatheticnature―andanearthatlistens.
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