Bad, girl. (She lets HELEN feel the grieved expression on her face. HELEN imitates it. Next she makes HELEN caress t
doll and kiss the hurt spot and hold it gently in her arms, then spells into her hand.)
Good, girl.
(She lets HELEN feel the smile on her face. HELEN sits with a scowl, which suddenly clears, she pats the doll,
kisses it, wreathes her face in a large artificial smile, and bears the doll to the washstand, where she carefully sit-
it. ANNIE watches, pleased.)
Very good girl -
(Whereupon HELEN elevates the pitcher and dashes it on the floor instead. ANNIE leaps to her feet and stands
inarticulate; HELEN calmly gropes back to the sewing card and needle.
ANNIE manages to achieve self-control. She picks up a fragment or two of the pitcher, sees HELEN is puzzling
over the card, and resolutely kneels to demonstrate it again. She spells into HELEN'S hand.
Select the excerpt from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller that shows a different perspective of similar events.
O The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a doll. The little blind children at the
Perkins Institution had sent it and I aura Rridaman had dressed it but I did not know this until afterwarri When