HelenKellerwaslessthantwoyearsoldwhenshecamedownwithafever.Itstruckdramaticallyandleftherunconscious.Thefeverwentjustassuddenly.Butshewasblindedand,verysoonafter,deaf.Asshegrewup,shemanagedtolearntodotinyerrands,butshealsorealizedthatshewasmissingsomething."Sometimes,"shelaterwrote,"Istoodbetweentwopersonswhowereconversingandtouchedtheirlips.Icouldnotunderstand,andwasvexed.Imovedmylipsandgesticulatedfranticallywithoutresult.ThismademesoangryattimesthatIkickedandscreameduntilIwasexhausted."Shewasawildchild.
That'sHelenKeller,agreatestwriterintheworld.