“Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II” by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger. Pages 125-166.

Summary:

Stacy has a brother. Her brother has cancer and he is a dying man. Stacy was really for the prom tonight. She spent a lot of time on her face and hair. Before she was gone to the prom, she went to her brother’s room. She wanted to show her brother how beautiful she was. In fact, her brother couldn’t see more than five inches in front of his face, and had limited use of his arms and legs because of cancer. Therefore, he touched Stacy’s dress to feel the satin of her dress but he couldn’t feel anything. Stacy knew that her brother could not feel anything. She began to cry and then his brother told her with the serious tone “Stacy, don’t … cry.” He started to cry either. Stacy told herself that she would be happy and enjoy her prom nigh. So she kissed her brother a last kiss and was gone.

Opinion:

This was a very tough story. Stacy loved her brother but her brother had cancer. I know that she wanted her brother seeing her dress. Unfortunately, her brother could not see and feel anything. She felt so set. Also, her brother wanted to know what kind of guy went with Stacy. I didn’t write it down in summary. His brother did care Stacy more than his body. He didn’t care how painful it was but he did care how Stacy’s prom date treated his sister. When I read that, I really wanted to cry because that is so tough. If I were Stacy’s brother, I would do the same way to my sister even I had cancer.