Helen Telmanik was Droozy’s first best friend
when she came to America. She was known as the Deaf One by her fifth grade
classmates. Although she could not hear, Helen was a very clever girl who read
lips. She was an expert with jacks – a game that Droozy and she would play for
hours at a time. Helen would throw the ball in the air and pick up one two and
three of those silver colored metal pieces called jacks from the floor. If you
picked up all ten at the end without dropping any of them and without bouncing a
little ball more than once you would win. The two girls were keen competitors
and enjoyed each other’s skill and ability to be the two best players in their
fifth grade class. |
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