Willy White Donna Yeh
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Content About the Author---------------------------p 4 Chapter I: Talent show---------------------p 6 Chapter II: Childhood----------------p 13 Chapter III: Relationship--------p 21 Chapter IV: Thankful----------------p 31 Chapter V: Fact---------------------------p 39 References-----------------------------------p 43 Acknowledgement---------------------p 44
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About the author Donna Yeh, 18, a college student, and this is my first novel. Since I love to read or watch touching books or movies, I decided to write a touching story. After watching slumdog
millionaire, I got the inspiration for this of the story. It is about the relationship including family, lovers and dream. I use two sides: one is Willy; and the other another one is his 4
mom. Maybe you will be confused at the beginning, but I hope you will gradually start to understand.
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Chapiter1 Talent Show
“We’re Taiwanese Top Singer. See you next time, good bye!” I relieved. Today I released too much emotion on stage. “Mr. White, how could you do that? Your voice is always touching.” “Just one question okay? Just one please……Mr. White?” God! What is that noise? I can’t imagine how many paparazzo will 6
be waiting for me at the exit.
This is not what I expecting. I just want YOU to know your decision is wrong.
Yesterday you came to lift me up As light as straw and brittle as a bird Today I weigh less than a shadow on the wall Just one more whisper of a voice unheard Tomorrow leave the windows open As fear grows please hold me in your arms Won't you help me if you can to shake this 7
anger I need your gentle hands to keep me calm
Now, I am the competitor in one of the most popular talent shows in Taiwan, that is, Taiwanese Top
Singer. Recently, more and more people noticed me because they said they were touched by my voice. After the show every week, receiving lots 8
of gifts from my fans and being interviewed by journalists were common and regular for me. I got used to it.
Tina, the hostess of the show, is the person I deeply admired. Actually, she is like my mother. Before the show started, she reminded me to take a deep breath, not to be afraid and do my best. Also, after the show ended, she gave me some advice about the performances today. 9
“Today, you performed too…you know, too strongly, it seemed you were pretending. Be calm and express your feeling as much as you can next time, but please in an appropriate limitation, Willy. For me, you’re always the best competitor,” Tina told me. But I wasn’t. I wasn’t. I knew that was because I saw YOU accidently, I never thought I would meet YOU again. Everything you had done to 10
me suddenly came back to me. YOU never know how terrible my life has been. YOU don’t. YOU do not.
------------------------------------------------------It is hard to explain how happy I am now. You were standing on the stage, and catching everyone’s attention. I know you did it, my dear Willy.
Did you notice I was watching you? Did 11
you recognize me? Since ten years ago, have you ever thought of me? Even one time? Have you? Perhaps there are 3 or 4 more wrinkles on my face, so maybe you don’t know who I am. I don’t dare to ask you this question because I already know your answer……….
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Chapiter2 Childhood
“Dad, I promise I’ll be a successful man taking care of Mom and you……, so please, we have to leave the hospital with your recovery,” I said as holding my father hands. “No……Willy, I beg for your forgiveness. I haven’t taken the responsibility of taking care of you and your mom,” said my father. Suddenly, my tears trickled down both of 13
my cheeks. I didn’t understand. He was such a nice person, and he worked late almost everyday. Whenever I saw him, he looked tired and sleepy. “All right, it’s time to go home, Willy,” said my mother. And it was the last time I saw my father. Afterwards, everything changed. I was sent to an orphanage, but I was not an orphan! “Where was my mom? Did she abandon me already?” I asked the clerk there. 14
She smiled at me and said, “Don’t worry, we’ll take care of you,” instead of answering my question. What happened to me? Me, me, me……………? I hate my mom. Very much. I started to rebel the women taking care of me over there since I didn’t like them too! They didn’t tell me the truth, even though 15
each of them knew! Everyone was my enemy. Where were my friends? Finally, I accidently met York and Harry. They gave me a hand, and shared their story which was similar to mine. From then on, we became essential for one another. Wherever we went, we were together. “I don’t want to stay here any longer. Just think we have to be here until 20! It sucks! I want a life more interesting and exciting! I have a plan……I’m gonna open an ice 16
cream parlor. If you two agree, we can leave tonight,” said York. “But….what about money?” I asked. “Don’t worry, I will bring all my money. It will be enough. By the way, we can find your mother.” “Please, don’t mention her. Ok, I’ll go with you. How about you, Harry?” “Of course, we are essential for one another.” “Yes! We are!” York and I said. We left for another city, and started our 17
new business. The name of our parlor was called “WHY ice cream” because WHY stands for us three --- Willy, Harry and York. ------------------------------------------------------I didn’t know how you have been regarding me. I just…I just…I had something untold to inform you. When could I see you again? I totally had no idea. What I wanted to say was that I did 18
this for some reasons. Would you forgive me? Would you? Whenever I saw Lisa, I thought of you. What were you doing now? Did you have a better life now? Did you take good care of yourself? I went to the orphanage yesterday, but they said you were gone, where did you leave for? Why did you leave? The clerks there didn’t treat you well? And…were you safe now? I asked your aunt, your teachers…and none of them saw you? Where did you go? No matter what, I would find you in the end. 19
Sorry, and I would give you a hand if necessary. Wait for me.
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Chapiter3 Relationship
After we have owned WHY ice cream for four years, Harry became a student of interior design. He discovered he had art talent from designing and decorating our ice cream parlor. In order to become a professional designer, we collected all our savings for him to study interior design. Recently, I met a girl, whose name was Cherry. Like fruit Cherry, when she was smiling, my heart melted right away. 21
Usually, she came to our parlor every afternoon. “Good afternoon, Miss, which flavor would you like?” “I don’t know……could you choose one for me?” “Sure, no problem. Ok, here you are. This flavor is strawberry.” This was the conversation the first time we met each other. Afterwards, she came everyday. Little by little, I knew more about her. She was a university student 22
nearby. Freshman still. Didn’t know too much here. I like to talk to her, because no matter what I said, she was always smiling. “How come you always choose strawberry for me?” she asked with curiosity. “Because you are sweet and fragile. I want to protect you,” I answered seriously. Both of us laughed at the same time. Not long after, we 23
became girl and boy friends. And of course I knew much more about her. She loved playing the guitar, she loved singing, her father was a teacher, she had no brothers or sisters, and she loved me. “Hey, I’m gonna practice my guitar with my classmates, wanna come with me?” Cherry asked. “Oh……no…I don’t have any music talent. It’s not for me, I gotta go.” “Please…Willy, I want your opinion about something. Next week is my year-end 24
evaluation. I wanna do it well and perfect, please….” “All right, all right,” I replied unwillingly.
She took a deep breath and said, “Ok, now, I‘m gonna sing ‘Love Story’ by Taylor Swift.”
We were both young when I first saw you I close my eyes And the flashback starts 25
I'm standing there On a balcony of summer air
See the lights, See the party the ball gowns I see you make your way through the crowd You say hello Little did I know
“Well, Cherry, please stop,” I interrupted. “What?” “I know I can’t give you any useful opinion, 26
but what I wanna say is you’re not into this song.” “What do you mean by that?” “You don’t know the meaning of the lyrics, do you? When you’re singing, I can’t feel your emotion.” “Emotion, emotion……oh, I see, I’ll do it better next time, ok! Let’s start again!” However, after singing the song several times, she was still confused. I decided to sing myself.
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See the lights, See the party the ball gowns I see you make your way through the crowd You say hello Little did I know
That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles And my daddy said stay away from Juliet And I was crying on the staircase Begging you please don't go, and I said
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“Willy, how amazing! You make me sad by singing!” “See, I told you so. Ok, try it again, Cherry!” ------------------------------------------------------I never gave up looking for you. HE definitely helped me a lot and also asked many people to find you. Eventually, we found you. I knew you were falling in love with a girl. She was beautiful and elegant. You were quite lucky, huh? Recently, you are 29
always practicing singing with her, right? You have a talent for singing, just like your dad. When we were at university, he was well-known because of his singing. But perhaps you didn’t notice that. Maybe that girl could help you further develop your talent.
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Chapiter4 Thankful
One year later, Cherry noticed an ad for a singing competition in our community. “You should show your talent to the public, Willy, you can do it, I swear,” she said. “Well, I don’t know. I don’t know if I can sing well. I haven’t got any training! By the way, I don’t want to give up my business.” “No, I didn’t ask you to give it up. There’s still York, isn’t there? Also I remember you told me you wanted to open another one, 31
right? It’s a great opportunity. The grand prize is a lot. Why not try for it?” Then because I couldn’t resist her persuasion, I took part in the competition. During the preparation, she helped me a lot and gave me plenty of suggestions. I could feel she really loved me. Her mid-term exam would be coming, but she never talked about the exam in front of me. She was happy to assist me to make my dream come true. I was so lucky, she was so……perfect, so kind, so thoughtful. 32
Therefore, I didn’t want to let her down. I promised that I would do my best to win the first prize. Cherry knew more about music, and she volunteered to be my keyboard player. “Which song would you like to sing for the competition?” she asked. “Of course our first song—Love Story.”
“Hello, eh……I’m Willy, and this beautiful girl is my keyboard player. Well, today we’re gonna sing Taylor Swift’s Love 33
Story. We hope you will enjoy it.�
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter And my daddy said stay away from Juliet But you were everything to me I was begging you please don't go
And I said Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess 34
It's a love story, baby, just say yes
Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel This love is difficult, but it's real Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess It's a love story, baby, just say yes
“This song is also for my lovely Cherry, the luckiest thing in my life is I met her. It’s enough for me the rest of life staying with her, come here, honey!” I said, trying to 35
give her a hug. The audience was whistling, and we were smiling at each other. But Unfortunately, I didn’t win anything from competition. Some people said that it was because the judges didn’t like the competitors talking too much on stage about something useless and unnecessary. Luckily, I didn’t know if it was because of my lucky star Cherry or not. Someone loved my voice very much and decided to give her savings about NT$100,000! 36
I wondered who she was. But that benefactor didn’t want me to know. “Quite strange, huh?” I said. “Maybe your voice touched her, reached the deepest part of her soul that nobody touched before. No matter what, congratulations, Willy, you did a great job!”
------------------------------------------------------I saw you on stage, which was quite touching. I never imagined you would be on stage, and I would be the audience. I 37
could tell you loved your girl very much! You looked like your father so much‌‌
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Chapiter5 Fact I was really grateful for Cherry and the nameless person. They let me realize in this world someone admired me. That’s why I was on the stage of Taiwanese top
singer. Another reason was that I wanted my mom to be regretful that she had abandoned me before, I wanted to show her I was successful and no matter what she said to me, I wouldn’t admit she was my mom. However, three days later, while I entered 39
the building of the competition, I saw an old woman lying on the floor in front of the building. Suddenly, I recognized that she was my mom. The one who I missed so much, and there was a letter in her hand. My dear Willy: I know you will never forgive me, but there is something I want to explain to you because tomorrow my new husband and I will immigrate to Canada. This is the last time I will see your performance. The reason why I left you when you 40
were 15 is that your father was sick, and the only way to get the money for the operation was to borrow from my manager. I knew he liked me, but still, I did it. He said I didn’t have to pay him back. The only requirement was I had to stay with him and take care of his daughter, Linda, and he promised he would give you as much money as he possibly could. Like the competition in your community, the sponsor was him. I knew it was my fault to leave you, but I had no more options, Willy. I totally regret to do this action, so since several years ago, I always followed you. I tried to protect 41
you and knew what are you doing know. Forgive mom, okay? This is my phone number. Whenever you miss me, call me right away. 0912345678 Always loving you, mom
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References
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=aailovey ou&b=21&f=1004289815&p=1
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Acknowledgement To Mr. Smith Thank you for giving me a great chance to create our own novel. I always wanted to write my own story!
Cheers, I-Hsien (Donna Yeh)
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