佚名/Anonymous
“Keep staring!I might do a trick!”
That's the message on a T-shirt of mine. People stare at me all the time so I thought this shirt would be funny. See I'm a dwarf.
Most of the time people aren't trying to be rude—they just haven't seen many dwarfs like me before. I can understand that. But I also want to let them know that I see them staring. Usually the T-shirt makes them laugh at themselves not at me.
I was born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. I have an average-size torso, but my arms and legs are shorter and my head is bigger than average. Right now I'm almost four feet tall and that's about as tall as I'm going to get. I'm not going to pretend that my height isn't a challenge. It is. Light switches and counters are usually too high for me.
But everyone faces challenges. You just have to face them with agood attitude. So I have a long barbecue fork to pull things down from pantry shelves. I'm a great climber and I can make a stool out of just about anything. I'll even be able to drive a car with the help of pedal extensions. If all else fails, I ask for help.
Due to the way I see it, I can do just about anything that an average-size person can do. So I'll never play professional sports but I have no problem testing my limits. I have to. For instance, everyone uses stoves. Little people just have to fgure out how to use them in different ways. I use a stool to reach mine at home. It may take me longer and it may be harder but I can still do it.
My T-shirt shows people the real me—a kid with a sense of humor. And maybe that's the real trick showing others that I'm just like them. I play sports and video games, I go to school and I hang out with my friends. I'm just shorter. I mean no one is exactly the same. And anyway, I'm proud of who I am.
“看仔細了！我可要變戲法了！”