Helen Keller Chapter 3 part 2 pages 26-28


When Helen was ten years old she met
another teacher in Boston. Her name was 
Sarah Fuller. Sarah wanted to teach Helen 
how to speak. Until then Helen could speak only with her fingers. She could talk only to people who understood the special hand language that Annie had taught her. Sarah wanted to  teach Helen to speak with her mouth. First Helen moved her hand over Sarah's face. She felt Sarah's lips and tongue when spoke. Then Helen copied these movements. She tried to make sounds. Helen's first spoken sentence was it's warm.

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