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"Keep staring, I might do a trick" That's the message on a T-shirt of mine. People stare at me all the time so I thought this shirt would be funny. See, I'm adwarf. dwarf n. 矮子、侏儒 Most of the time people aren't trying to be rude—they just haven't seen many dwarfs like me before. I can understand that. But I also want to let them know that I see them staring. Usually the T-shirt makes them laugh at themselves not at me. I was born withachondroplasia, the most common form ofdwarfism. I have an average sizetorsobut my arms and legs are shorter and my head is bigger than average. achondroplasia n. 软骨发育不全 dwarfism n. 矮小、侏儒症 torso n. 人体的躯干 Right now I'm almost four feet tall and that's about as tall as I'm going to get. I'm not going to pretend that my height isn't a challenge. It is. Lightswitchesand counters are usually too high for me. I can't reach some shelves in thegrocerystores. It takes me three steps to keep up with one step of an average size adult. And my mom has tohemalmost all of my pants. switch n. 开关、电闸 grocery n. 杂货、食品 hem v. 缝…的褶边 But everyone faces challenges. You just have to face them with a good attitude. So I have a longbarbecuefork to pull things down frompantryshelves. I'm a great climber and I can make a stool out of just about anything. I'll even be able to drive a car with the help ofpedalextensions. If all else fails I ask for help. | 
