The World At Her Fingertips: The Story of Helen KellerBy: Joan Dash
Helen Keller is blind-deaf. One day, something changed for her because of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.
They were walking to the well, when Annie taught Helen the word, "water".
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*Spells "w-a-t-e-r" in Helen's hand*
Helen was startled, and it seemed to her later that, “somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that w-a-t-e-r meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand.”
Helen then asked for the name of everything around her by pointing to it.