Crystal,oneofmycolleagues,cameintomydepartmentlastyear.Frankly,shewasunfavourablyimpressedonmeinthebeginning.Sheisofmeanstatureandis

　　fairlydarkincomplexion.Sheisjustsittinginfrontofmeintheoffice.She

　　didn'tsaymuch,andyetIalmostalwaysseesmilesonherfaceeveryday.Ihardlyspoketoherforaboutoneweeksinceherjoiningus,anyoneelseinmyofficedid,either.butitseemsthatsheneverpayattentiontothis,shealways

　　doeseverythingasshewantstodo,andsmilesatanyone.

　　Finallywebothtalkeverything.

　　Oneday,weallworkedovertime."Itisrainingagain!"Someonecomplained."whataday!"Shesaidandturnedaround,"doyouhavetheumbrella,Jenny?""well,Idon't."Ianswered.Thenshewasoutoftheoffice.Afteralittle,Ilookedupfrommydesk,whenIsawherenteringtheofficeandwithaumbrellainhis

　　hand.Shewasdrenchedwithrain.shewalkedstraightbeforeme,"Hereyouare!

　　Andtherainisnowheavy.You'dbetterwaitasencondandthengohome,otherwiseyou'llbedrenchedtotheskin."shesaidandgaveherfaceawipe.Istood

　　besidethedeskandcouldn'tsayanything.Iwasshockedbyherbehaviorfornow

　　.Iwasveryuneasy."Th-th-thankyou."Istammered.Shegavemeabrightsmile.

　　I'llrememberthesplitsecondforever.

　　Afterthat,shehasbeenmylittlesister.sheisgoodatEnglish,butherpronunciationisnotsterlingmaybebecauseofherbadmandarin(grin).AndthenIlearnherstrongpointstooffsetmyweakness.Wehavebecomegoodfriends.