Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I36that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s37to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Hard38Robby tried, he lacked the basic sense of music. However, he persisted, and at the end of each weekly39 , he always said, “My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed40 . He just did not have any gift for music.
I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby41or waited in her old car to42him up. She always43and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby44coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was45 .
Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(独奏会)46Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf ... I’ve just got to47 !” he insisted. I agreed.
The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was48with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Finally Robby came up on stage. I was49when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto(协奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not50what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so51that everyone52to applaud him. In tears I ran up on53 . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on54at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, _55she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play ...”
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