"Leave me alone!"I shouted as I walked out of the garden gate and saw two strong boys pushing a kid around．I did not know the kid （16）___ but I knew that we were about the same age because of his （17）___．The bigger of the two（18）___ the kid down on the ground．The other ran around behind the kid and kicked him as（19）___ as he could in the back．The kid's body started shaking all （20）___ and he curled up in a ball trying to （21）___ his face．He looked like he was（22）___ to cry．
I uncovered my home-made bow with four arrows （23）___ hand．The two boys kicked the kid hard and then ran out of arrow（24）___．The kid then made a（25）___ that I will never forget for as long as I live．It was the sound like a whale makes when it has been attacked and knows that it is about to die．I （26）___ all four of my arrows at the two boys as they （27）___ laughing about what they had done．
I helped him back to his house．（28）___ we reached his home his sister told me that her brother was （29）___．He was very smart but could not say or hear anything．The kid made one of those （30）___ signs at me as I was about to leave．His sister told me that he was saying that he loved me with his hands．I didn't say anything back to her at all （31）___ I didn't believe her．
The next day in the （32）___ I was being chased by several boys．I saw the deaf kid sitting there just looking （33）___ me as they held me by my hands，screaming and shouting．All I could hear the entire time was the sound of that （34）___ being attacked again．That is when I realized that he probably really did （35）___ me．