Tuesday was the fifth birthday of Hsun Hsun, the “little soldier.” Teachers and pupils of Syuansin Elementary School kindergarten gathered around Hsun Hsun on Tuesday and sang Happy Birthday for her to celebrate her big day, and Hsun Hsun made two birthday wishes, hoping that she would get better soon and that she would be able to run about with her friends. A third wish she kept to herself.
Hsun Hsun sustained a neck injury in a car accident, and she has been paralyzed from the neck down for more than two years now. With the support of her family, the resilient, optimistic Hsun Hsun has been working hard to get better, and she is already into her second semester at Syuansin Elementary. Her mother, Wu Hsiang-yi, has made a book out of the progress of her difficult recovery over those two years, as dictated by Hsun Hsun, titled Hsun Hsun Goes to School – A Diary of a Little Soldier’s Recovery, which was launched on the same day as her birthday party.
Wu said that a lot of people have helped along the way, and she hopes that now the book has been published, it will encourage other injured people. Also, all of the royalties are to be donated to charity, to help other children or those in need. The book is also a meaningful gift to give Hsun Hsun on her birthday.
Photo: Wang Shan-yan, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者王善嬿
(Liberty Times, translated by Paul Cooper)
生命小鬥士「珣珣」五歲生日快樂。宣信國小幼兒園師生三月三日上午圍著珣珣齊唱生日快樂歌，替珣珣慶生，珣珣並許下兩個生日願望，希望趕快好起來，及能跟小朋友跑跑跳跳，第三個願望則要放在心裡。
珣珣因車禍導致頸椎受傷，頭部以下癱瘓已有兩年多，但在家人的支持下，堅強、樂觀的珣珣努力復健，本學期在宣信國小就讀中班邁入第二學期，珣媽吳湘怡把兩年多來珣珣辛苦復健的過程口述成書「珣珣上學去！─生命小鬥士的康復記」，當天在慶生會中一併發表。
吳湘怡表示，一路走來受很多人幫助，新書出版後希望鼓勵其他受傷的人，版稅也將全數捐贈給慈善組織，幫助其他小朋友或需要的人，也是送給珣珣最有意義的生日禮物。（自由時報記者王善嬿）
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