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Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I
prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother's dream to
hear him play the piano.. So I took him as a
1 .
2 Robby tried very hard, he didn't have the basic sense of music. However, he continued and at the
end of each weekly lesson he would always say, "My mom's going to
3 me play some day. "But it seemed
4 .
I only knew his mother from far away as she
5 Robby off or waited in her old car to pick him up.
She always waved and smiled but
6 stopped in. Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. He
7 me and said his mother was sick.
Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the music show when Robby came and asked me if
he could be in it. "Miss Hondorf.… .I've just got to
8 " he said. The night for the show came. The high
school gym was full of parents, friends and relations. The show went off well. Then Robby came up on stage
(舞台). I was
9 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart's Concerto No.21 in C Major. I was not
prepared for what I heard next. His
10 were light on the keys.
11 even danced on the keys... He played so
well that everyone was on their feet clapping excitedly.In tears I ran up on stage, "Oh, Robby! How'd you
do it?" "Well Miss Hondorf... I kept on practising at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick?
Well, in fact she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well. she was born
12 , so tonight was
the first time she ever heard me.
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