That night, after school, I took our meager contributions to the school principal. I couldn’t help sharing the incident that had taken place.
那天晚上，放学后，我把募捐的这一点钱交给了校长，并且忍不住把当天发生的事告诉了他。

“I may be wrong, but I believe Willard might be getting might be getting ready to become a part of the world around him,” I told the principal.
“也许我想错了，但我相信可能威德拉正在准备成为这个班集体的一份子，”我告诉校长。

“Yes, I believe it sounds hopeful,” he nodded. “And I have a hunch we might do well to have him share a bit of his world with us. I just received a list of the poor families in our school who most need help through the Christmas collection. Here, take a look at it.”
“是的，我认为这听起来有希望，”他点头说道，“我有一种预感，我们或许可以做得好一点，让他与我们分享他的世界。我刚收到一份名单，上面是我们学校里最需要通过圣诞节募捐获得帮助的贫困人员名单。这个，你看一下。”

As I gazed down to read, I dis- covered Willard P. Franklin and his family were the top names on the list.
我低头仔细一看，发现威德拉•P•富兰克林和他的家庭排在名单的最前面。