Next Doris found a rock with moss on it. She explained that the moss， too， showed life. Billy spoke up from the back of the classroom. “My Daddy helped me！” he beamed.
Then Doris opened the fourth egg. She gasped. The egg was empty！ Surely it must be Jeremy’s， she thought， and， of course， he did not understand her instructions. If only she had not forgotten to phone his parents. Because she did not want to embarrass him， she quietly set the egg aside and reached for another. Suddenly Jeremy spoke up. “Miss Miller， aren’t you going to talk about my egg？” Flustered， Doris replied， “but Jeremy， your egg is empty！” He looked into her eyes and said softly， “Yes， but Jesus’ tomb was empty too！”
Time stopped. When she could speak again， Doris asked him， “Do you know why the tomb was empty？” “Oh yes！” Jeremy exclaimed， “Jesus was killed and put in there. Then his Father raised him up！”
The recess bell rang. While the children excitedly ran out to the school yard， Doris cried. The cold inside her melted completely away.
Three months later Jeremy died. Those who paid their respects at the mortuary were surprised to see 19 eggs on top of his casket， all of them empty.
傑裏米天生畸形，大腦反應遲鈍，慢性絕症吞噬著他年輕的生命。可是他的父母卻一直竭盡全力地讓他能過正常人的生活，送他到聖·特蕾莎小學上學。
傑裏米12歲了，還在讀二年級，看起來是沒有能力再讀下去了。他的舉動常常把老師多麗絲·米勒惹惱。他常在座位上極不安分地動來動去，嘴裏還流著口水，不時發出“咕嚕咕嚕”的聲響。有時，他也能清晰地講話，就像一道智慧之光照亮了他混沌的頭腦似的。然而，多數時侯，傑裏米總是讓他的老師惱火萬分。
一天，老師打電話給傑裏米的父母，要他們來學校麵談一下孩子的事。福裏斯特夫婦安靜地坐在空****的教室裏，多麗絲對他們說：“傑裏米真的應該去特殊學校接受教育，在這兒和正常孩子一起學習，對他來說是很不公平的。因為他的智力與同齡的孩子相比要滯後五年。”