The Gingerbread Man

Malak's Dream

This is Malak. She loves teaching. She wants to be a teacher when she's older.

Malak cann't hear well. She wears a hearing aid that helps her to hear better. Sometimes Malak feels sad because some children can't understand her. She wants to be a teacher. She can help people understand.

Malak goes to a special teacher. The teacher shows Malak how to read lips. Now Malak can see what people say.

Malak is very kind and likes playing games with her friends. She talks to them. They can understand her because they learned sign language.

Malak sees a sad, deaf boy.

Malak talks to her mom: "I want to be a teacher when I am older." Her mom says " You can work hard. You can go to university to

be a teacher. You are very clever. You can help deaf children. You can help all children to understand each other."

Malak wants to speak to all deaf people. She wants to help them. She learns sign language.

She can say "Hello" in sign language. She can ask "How are you ?" in sign language. She learns how to say many things. She talks to deaf people. Her friends like sign language.

Malak's friends want to learn sign language. They say to Malak, "Please teach us some sign language."

Malak and her friends sign to each other. Everyone can talk and they can use sign language.

Malak finishes university. She is very happy and proud.

Ms Malak is now a teacher at a club after school.Some of the children can hear , some cann't hear well and some of the children are deaf. She uses sign language to talk to deaf children.

The hearing children watch Malak signing with the deaf children. They see the sign language. They think it's great fun. They say to Ms Malak, "Can we learn sign language?"

Ms Malak is very happy and excited. She teaches The hearing children some sign language.

When the children come to the after-school club they sign "Hello" , "How are you?" and "Have a good day" to Ms Malak .

All the children speak and sign to each other in the club.

The hearing children sign to the deaf children. They play together. All the children are very happy and they have many friends.

Malak says, "Be happy and help others. people can learn to talk with each other."

THE END