<p class="ql-block">美術(shù)課結(jié)束了，但瓦斯蒂留在位子上，她的畫紙一片空白……The art class was over, but Vashti sat glued to her chair. Her paper was empty.</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂的老師看著空白的畫紙，驚嘆道：“哇，是冰天雪地里的北極熊”?！罢婵尚?，” 瓦斯蒂說，“我根本不會畫畫”。Vashti’s teacher leaned over the blank paper. "Ah! A polar bear in a snowstorm," she said."Very funny!" Vashti replied. "I just can’t draw!"</p> <p class="ql-block">老師微笑著說：“你哪怕是做個記號也可以，看看它會指引你去哪里”。Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you."</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂抓起墨水筆，用力在紙上戳了一個點，說：“就這兒了”。Vashti grabbed a felt-tipped pen and gave the paper a good, strong jab. "There!" she said.</p> <p class="ql-block">老師拿起畫紙，認真地研究起來：“嗯——”Her teacher picked up the paper and studied it carefully. "Hmmm," she said. </p> <p class="ql-block">然后她把畫紙放回到瓦斯蒂面前，說：“現(xiàn)在，簽上你的名字?！盩hen she pushed the paper back and said, "Now sign it."</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂想了一會：“好吧，也許我不會畫畫，但我還是會簽名?！盫ashti thought for a moment. “Well, maybe I can’t draw, but I CAN sign my name.”</p> <p class="ql-block">一周后，當瓦斯蒂走進美術(shù)教室，她驚奇的發(fā)現(xiàn)在老師的桌子上面掛著的一幅畫。那是她畫的點?。∷狞c！而且畫已經(jīng)用旋渦狀的金黃色相框裝了起來。The next week, when Vashti walked into her art class, she was surprised to see what was hanging above her teacher’s desk.It was the little dot she had drawn- HER DOT!All framed in swirly gold! </p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂宣布：“恩，我可以畫比這個點更好的點！”"Hmmph! I can make a better dot than that!" she declared.</p> <p class="ql-block">她把已經(jīng)很久不用的水彩筆拿了出來，開始畫畫。She opened her never-before used set of watercolours and set to work. </p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂畫呀，畫呀，畫了好多點，有黃點，綠點、紅點、藍點……發(fā)現(xiàn)中間出現(xiàn)了一個紫色的點。瓦斯蒂一直不停地嘗試下去，又畫出了許多不同顏色的點。Vashti painted and painted. A yellow dot. A green dot. A red dot. A blue dot.She discovered that she could make a PURPLE dot.Vashti kept experimenting. Lot of little dots in many colours.</p> <p class="ql-block"> “如果我可以畫小點，我也能畫大點?！?</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂說完就拿起了一支大畫筆，在一張大紙上揮毫起來?！癐f I can make little dots, I can make BIG dots, too.”Vashti splashed her colours with a bigger brush on bigger paper to make bigger dots.</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂甚至通過留白的方式創(chuàng)造 “一個空點”。Vashti even made a dot by NOT painting a dot.</p> <p class="ql-block">幾周后，在學校的藝術(shù)展覽上，瓦斯蒂畫的各種各樣的點讓大家大開眼界。At the school art show a few weeks later, Vashti’s many dots made quite a splash.</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂注意到有一個小男孩在認真地看著她的畫。他對瓦斯蒂說：“你真是個大藝術(shù)家，要是我也可以畫畫該多好??！”“我保證你一定可以”瓦斯蒂說?！拔遥坎豢赡?。我即使用尺子也不會畫一條直線?！毙∧泻⒄f。Vashti noticed a little boy gazing up at her.“You’re a really great artist. I wish I could draw.” he said.“ I bet you can,” said Vashti.“Me? No, not me. I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler.”</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂遞給小男孩一張空白紙，說：“畫給我看?！毙∧泻嬃似饋恚墓P在不住地顫抖。handed the boy a blank sheet of paper. “ Show me.”The boy’s pencil shook as he drew his line.</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂注視著男孩的畫。過了一會兒，她說：“請……簽上你的名字?！盫ashti started at the boy’s squiggle. And then she said…“Please… sign it.”</p> <p class="ql-block">上面這個故事，來自于加拿大作家彼得·雷諾茲的繪本《點》。這本書為許許多多的人打開一扇窗戶，鼓勵人們勇敢去發(fā)現(xiàn)、去追逐，被翻譯成20多種語言和盲文出版，曾榮獲美國克里斯托弗大獎等十多項年度童書大獎，同名電影還入圍奧斯卡動畫短片獎，榮登《紐約時報》圖書暢銷排行榜第一位。它的出版日——9月15日也被命名為國際“點”日（International Dot Day)，這是一個屬于孩子們的節(jié)日，在這一天里，孩子們自由地創(chuàng)作屬于自己的點，每一個點都是獨一無二的。繪本中老師幾句簡單但智慧的話，就可以改變孩子的一生。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">有多少孩子，能夠被老師欣賞，能夠被父母珍視，能夠被同學看見？每一個點都是獨一無二！</p>