ItisreallyahappythingtolookbackonthedaysIspentwithJennie.Wemetinnightschool.AfterJennieandIhadcompletedtherequiredcourses,westartedteachinginthesameschool.Foratimewewerejustcasualfriends,butoneday,whenIwastellingJennieaboutmyproblemson,wediscoveredwewerekindred(同类的)spirits."He’sadifficultlittlecharacter,"Iexplained.Jennielookedthoughtful."Maybeyou’reonlyseeinghimwithyoureyes."Shewassilentforamomentandthenaddedsoftly,"Itisonlywiththeheartthatoneseesrightly."Istaredather."You’requoting(引用)that!It’sfromTheLittlePrince,Saint-Exupery’sbookforchildren,oneofmyfavorites.Youknowit,too?"Jennienodded."Iloveit.I’vereaditsooften.I’vepracticallymemorizedit."
Now,whenIthinkofJennie,IrecallthatbookbecauseJennie—morethananyoneIknow—possessedthegiftofseeingwiththeheart.
Fromthatmomentofatreasuredbookshared,ourfriendshipgrewsteadily.Itwasn’tthatIdidn’thaveanexcellentrelationshipwithmyhusbandandson,butmymotherhaddiedshortlyaftermymarriage,andIhadneithersistersnordaughters.Irealize,now,howIneededsomeonetosharethoselittle,seeminglyunimportantthingsthataddsomuchtolife—thingsthatmustbesharedtobefullyappreciated.
AnditwasJenniewhohelpedmewithmyfourth-gradeproblemchild.OnedayIwasatmywit’send."Whatheneedsisagoodbeating!"Iexploded.
"He’sprobablyhadplentyofthose,"Jenniesaid."Maybehejustneedssincerepraiseforanythinghedoesright,andahugortwoeachday."Ifollowedthissuggestion,andeventually,becauseofJennie,Idiscoveredalovablelittleboy.
Lookingback,Ihavetoadmitthatshetaughtmesomuch.ThedaysIspentwithherhasbecomeoneofmyhappiestmemories.
小题1:Whatdoestheunderlinedpartmeaninthefourthparagraph?