From the day Gail was born, his parents began to worry about him because Gail had a little ring finger on the tail finger of his left hand.
In a blink of an eye, Gail was 3 years old and his parents sent him to kindergarten. On the first day of kindergarten, he came home and asked his parents and grandfather tearfully, "Why do I have one more finger than other children?" Dick said I was a monster. "Everyone was silent. Yes, with the growth of age, Gail's sixth finger has grown a lot, which looks a little ugly. At this time, grandpa was lost in thought. Gail is so smart, cute and smart. His sadness and inferiority make grandpa feel uneasy. Suddenly, his eyes swept the sculpture on the piano shelf. It was a hand-carved clay sculpture, and the thumb was pressed hard on the palm. Grandpa, like finding some treasure, immediately took the statue in his hand and looked at it again and again, then smiled and held Gail in his lap.
"Baby, look at grandpa's right thumb. He is a little slacker. He has been sleeping since the day you were born and still refuses to get up. " Grandpa stretched out his right hand as he spoke, his thumb curled in his palm, then put down his palm and put Gail's left palm up. His two hands together, exactly 10 fingers, no more, no less. "I see, your thumb is lazy and disobedient, so I gave you a finger, right, grandpa?" Naive Gail smiled happily and was full of pride. Xiaoxiao, he feels that the sixth finger shoulders a great responsibility and helps grandpa.
Grandpa quickly told his family and friends about it and asked Gail's teacher to tell the other children in the class that Gail gave Grandpa a thumbs up. The children not only stopped laughing at Gail, but also admired Gail for helping adults at an early age.
Ever since I told Gail about my sleeping thumb, whenever I see Gail, Grandpa's right thumb will curl into his palm reflexively. A little longer, the right thumb will be numb and painful, and you have to spread it out slowly with your left hand. Over time, grandpa has become accustomed to nature, always raising his right thumb and eating and doing things with four fingers. Unfamiliar people really think grandpa's hands are like that. Gail, on the other hand, paid special attention to the sixth finger after listening to grandpa's story, and put on a thick anti-crack cream in winter, which he thought was a sign of his love for grandpa.
Once, mom and dad took Gail to the hospital and said that the sixth finger could be removed. Gail protested loudly: "This is the finger I helped grandpa grow. How can it be removed? " Unless grandpa's thumb wakes up. "However, grandpa's fingers have been used to curling up in his hand for five years. It has been deformed and shrunk, completely losing its original strength. It is impossible to straighten, but it has made Gail have a happy childhood. Grandpa is very satisfied with this.
When grandpa knew why Gail refused to remove the sixth finger, a warm current came to his mind. He found gauze, wrapped it with his thumb, and then told Gail that he had an operation and his finger could be straightened immediately. Gail's sixth finger had completed its historical mission. Gail obediently followed her parents to the hospital, and the operation was a success. Grandpa's thumb has been wrapped in gauze for a long time, but it can't be stretched out.
After grandpa died, his parents told Gail the truth about his thumb. At that moment, Gail was shocked as never before, because the sleeping thumb gave him a complete life and really told him what family was.