Lorraine’s father was watching them through the window. He thought that Mr. Glen’s behavior with Lorraine was strict. At the end of the day he called Mr. Glen to his room to ask him to go but Mr. Glen refused to go. He said, “Lorraine will be alright, just give me some time”. Mr. Callam replied, “No way. You have to go, Lorraine is my responsibility”.
Then Mr. Glen went to Mrs. Callam and told her every thing and requested her to give him just twenty days by which time they would see a big change in Lorraine. He was confident that he could do it. At last Mrs. Callam agreed and gave him twenty days.
Then Mrs. Callam told her husband that she had given twenty days to Mr. Glen and tried to convince him to agree on the future of their daughter.
Chapter 2
Now the twenty days have started. Mr. Glen starts to teach Lorraine with ABC signs. He holds her hand and brings it towards his lips and said “Aeeee” because he was sure that she would copy the movements of his lips. He was working very hard to teach Lorraine but unfortunately failed again and again.
On the 10th day, Mr. Glen became very exasperated, so he said to Lorraine “Don’t stay in the dark, you have to come out from the dark and you have to spend your life just like a normal person”. Mr. Glen continued his hard work; he didn’t lose his hope. However as the days go by, Lorraine becomes his friend. Just a few days were left and in those days she just learnt to say “spoon” after a lot of hard work.
On the 20th day, Mrs. Callam told him to leave because nothing had happened in 20 days. Mr. Glen didn’t even speak a word because he knew that nothing had changed in Lorraine’s behaviour. He went to his room and started packaging. As he reached to the door to leave, Lorraine was near the dinning table and she threw away all the dinner.
Mr. Glen got very annoyed to see her spoil the dinner. He returned from the door, he took Lorraine towards the garden and said “I don’t want to waste everything that I taught you in so many days”. He pushed her into a small swimming pool. First Lorraine cried but at once she felt relaxed in the water. Mr. Glen holds her hand and brought it towards her lips and said “Are you happy in the water?”. Lorraine replied in the same way by holding his hand and brought it towards her lips.
Mr. Glen shouted in happiness “Mr. Callam! Mrs. Callam! See your daughter is talking to me. She can talk, come and see”. Both of them came and they start crying in the happiness that their daughter can now speak. Lorraine was starting to touch the beauty of the world. After this miracle, Mr. Callam gave permission for Mr. Glen to teach her.
Everyone in the house became very happy and to share their happiness with their relatives, Mr. Callam arranged a marvellous party. Each and every guest congratulates Mr. Glen for the superlative work that he did for Lorraine.
Chapter 3
As the time passed, Lorraine learnt a lot of words. Now she was able to describe her feelings to her best friend Mr. Glen through the signs. Mr. Glen tried to teach her each and every thing through signs that other students of her age were learning. Mr. Glen continued his hard work as well as Lorraine. They didn’t lose hope. By the age of eighteen, Lorraine was able to understand and reply using signs. She had a wide vocabulary.
As Lorraine reached the age of university, Mr. Glen spoke to Mr. Callam about Lorraine and suggested she apply to university. Mr. Callam said, “If you feel that Lorraine is able to go to university than you can apply for her”. Mr. Glen had a dream that his student Lorraine would graduate, so that’s why he applied for her admission to the university.
Another special teacher interviewed Lorraine. Providentially Lorraine got succeeded to get her admission in the university. The teacher who interviewed her was completely impressed by her thoughts that she told her through the signs during her interview.
Mr. Glen was very glad that Lorraine got admission to university. He went with her to university every morning and also attended all the lessons with her. He told her every thing using signs so she could understand what the teacher was communicating to the class.
After three months, Mr. Glen gave her a walking stick that she could spend her life independently. He taught her to go to university without anybody’s help by counting the steps. At last she became able to go to university alone and even come back home by counting the steps. Mr. Glen worked very hard to teach her every thing that they were doing in the lessons, to complete his dream that his student would graduate.
As the days passed, Mr. Glen succeeded. Now he started to teach her how to use a typewriter. She picked up his instructions very quickly. In some days she became able to write ten words in one minute. Unfortunately she failed in her exams. She cried a lot because she thought that her work was totally “dark” but Mr. Glen tried to give her understanding that you could try again. He told her “Your work wasn’t dark. It was very psychedelic. Don’t lose hope. You will get success someday”.
Near eight O’ clock in the evening suddenly they made a plan to go out to eat ice cream. When they reached the ice cream shop, Mr. Glen asked Lorraine to sit on the bench and he would be back with the ice cream. She agreed and Mr. Glen went towards the ice cream shop but at once he forgot every thing even about himself: who he was and why he come there. He went back to home but unfortunately Lorraine was waiting for him.
Propitiously the teacher at Lorraine’s university was passing that street where Lorraine was sitting. He took Lorraine with him and dropped her in her home. Lorraine opened the door of her room; Mr. Glen was sat there. Lorraine asked her “why you left me there and return home?”. Mr. Glen didn’t reply because he didn’t know what was going on. He started to forget every thing even Lorraine because of his old age. Lorraine got frightened that if her teacher forget every thing what would happen with her future. Her parents were able to understand her sign language so she spoke to her father about her teacher’s health. So Mr. Callam decided that he needed doctor’s treatment so he got admitted to hospital. Every evening Lorraine went to the hospital to meet her teacher. She had a hope that he would be cured eventually.
Chapter 4
Now Lorraine is fourty years old. She had a graduation day at her university. The principal of her university announced that Lorraine is the pride of his university. He asked her to come on the stage to get an award by him for achieving graduation. At last she fulfilled the dream of her teacher Mr. Glen. Her principal told her to express her feelings. Her parents were also present there so her mother translated her signs for other people. She said “I got this level just because of my honorable teacher Mr. Glen. He worked very hard and he spends his whole life towards making my future. He taught me manners, how to spend my life. Because of him, I learnt how to eat. He taught me all the things that were impossible. He taught me dark is not black. It is the colour of achievement, colour of knowledge”. She told the audience that she wanted her teacher Mr. Glen to come there and look at her with her precious award but unfortunately he couldn’t come. She said, “If he came here I am sure that he would be happier than me because today I have completed his dream”.
Then Lorraine went to the hospital to show her award to Mr. Glen. She said to him “Look at this award which you have wanted for fourty years. Today I have completed your dream. Unfortunately, he didn’t remember anything. Now she started trying her best to give him his memorial.
She thought that Mr. Glen was the best teacher in the whole world who taught her to achieve what was impossible.
Moral: “Nothing is impossible if we work hard!”
