<p class="ql-block">美术课结束了，但瓦斯蒂留在位子上，她的画纸一片空白……The art class was over, but Vashti sat glued to her chair. Her paper was empty.</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂的老师看着空白的画纸，惊叹道：“哇，是冰天雪地里的北极熊”。“真可笑，” 瓦斯蒂说，“我根本不会画画”。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">老师微笑着说：“你哪怕是做个记号也可以，看看它会指引你去哪里”。Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you."</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂抓起墨水笔，用力在纸上戳了一个点，说：“就这儿了”。Vashti grabbed a felt-tipped pen and gave the paper a good, strong jab. "There!" she said.</p> <p class="ql-block">老师拿起画纸，认真地研究起来：“嗯——”Her teacher picked up the paper and studied it carefully. "Hmmm," she said. </p> <p class="ql-block">然后她把画纸放回到瓦斯蒂面前，说：“现在，签上你的名字。”Then she pushed the paper back and said, "Now sign it."</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂想了一会：“好吧，也许我不会画画，但我还是会签名。”Vashti thought for a moment. “Well, maybe I can’t draw, but I CAN sign my name.”</p> <p class="ql-block">一周后，当瓦斯蒂走进美术教室，她惊奇的发现在老师的桌子上面挂着的一幅画。那是她画的点啊！她的点！而且画已经用旋涡状的金黄色相框装了起来。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，我可以画比这个点更好的点！”"Hmmph! I can make a better dot than that!" she declared.</p> <p class="ql-block">她把已经很久不用的水彩笔拿了出来，开始画画。She opened her never-before used set of watercolours and set to work. </p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂画呀，画呀，画了好多点，有黄点，绿点、红点、蓝点……发现中间出现了一个紫色的点。瓦斯蒂一直不停地尝试下去，又画出了许多不同颜色的点。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"> “如果我可以画小点，我也能画大点。” </p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂说完就拿起了一支大画笔，在一张大纸上挥毫起来。“If 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">瓦斯蒂甚至通过留白的方式创造 “一个空点”。Vashti even made a dot by NOT painting a dot.</p> <p class="ql-block">几周后，在学校的艺术展览上，瓦斯蒂画的各种各样的点让大家大开眼界。At the school art show a few weeks later, Vashti’s many dots made quite a splash.</p> <p class="ql-block">瓦斯蒂注意到有一个小男孩在认真地看着她的画。他对瓦斯蒂说：“你真是个大艺术家，要是我也可以画画该多好啊！”“我保证你一定可以”瓦斯蒂说。“我？不可能。我即使用尺子也不会画一条直线。”小男孩说。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">瓦斯蒂递给小男孩一张空白纸，说：“画给我看。”小男孩画了起来，他的笔在不住地颤抖。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">瓦斯蒂注视着男孩的画。过了一会儿，她说：“请……签上你的名字。”Vashti started at the boy’s squiggle. And then she said…“Please… sign it.”</p> <p class="ql-block">上面这个故事，来自于加拿大作家彼得·雷诺兹的绘本《点》。这本书为许许多多的人打开一扇窗户，鼓励人们勇敢去发现、去追逐，被翻译成20多种语言和盲文出版，曾荣获美国克里斯托弗大奖等十多项年度童书大奖，同名电影还入围奥斯卡动画短片奖，荣登《纽约时报》图书畅销排行榜第一位。它的出版日——9月15日也被命名为国际“点”日（International Dot Day)，这是一个属于孩子们的节日，在这一天里，孩子们自由地创作属于自己的点，每一个点都是独一无二的。绘本中老师几句简单但智慧的话，就可以改变孩子的一生。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">有多少孩子，能够被老师欣赏，能够被父母珍视，能够被同学看见？每一个点都是独一无二！</p>