When I was in the fifth grade, my parents and I moved abroad. One day, when reading the newspaper, I learned my hometown had just gone through a big natural disaster. And my hometown couldn't get enough new school supplies for kids. I wondered how the kids were going to school if they didn't have basic things like desks and books.
That same year, my school received new desks. The hundreds of old ones, which were still in good condition, were put into storage (贮存). And I learned there was little chance that the old desks would be used by my school again. I thought it was a waste. If my school really didn't need the desks, could I send them to the kids in my hometown? When I told my parents about the old desks at my school and what I thought could be done with them, they loved the idea.
Then, we asked a leader of my school if the school could have the desks donated to my hometown. She said she needed to get some other people's agreement. One day later, she gave us the answer. It was "yes"! But she wasn't sure whether we were able to move the desks to such a far place. Desks are very heavy and it would cost a lot to ship them.
But my parents and I wouldn't give up. We began e-mailing organizations that worked for children's rights, asking for their help. My parents' friends also helped us by e-mailing shipping companies, hoping they'd agree to ship the desks to my hometown.
Eventually, our efforts paid off. With the help of some organizations, a shipping company promised to ship the desks to my hometown through one of their big containers. And they'd let us use their trucks to transport the desks to the container. But we needed to load (装上) the desks onto the trucks and then carry the desks from the trucks to the container ourselves.
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When the day arrived, my parents and I started to move the desks onto the trucks.
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Then we waited for the desks to reach my hometown.
