Conner Crites is 8 years old. He started to cry when he was waiting for the doors to open at his school. The sights and sounds of the first day of school made Conner stressful. Conner has autism (自闭症). Children with autism often do things differently. Some can talk while others cannot. Many are uncomfortable with noise. Some are very good at art or music.
Most kids didn't notice Conner crying, but his classmate Christian Moore did. He held Conner's hand and then walked him into school Christian's mum Courtney Moore took a photo of Christian's act of kindness and wrote about what happened in a Facebook post. She was very proud(骄傲) of her son. The post became very popular.
Christian's kindness helped Conner a lot. Conner later told his mother April Crites that he had a great first day of school. He liked his teachers and his friends. Mrs Crites said she didn't know what happened with Christian at first. She found out when she saw the photo a few days later. She was thankful for Christian's help.
Now Conner and Christian sit together at lunch and play together at break. Christian went to Conner s house one weekend. The pair played for an hour and a half happily. Mrs Crites said this was unusual for her son. Conner even wanted Christian to spend the night at his house.
Mrs Crites believes we can all learn from this story. "It is important to be kind. Hand someone a tissue (纸中) who is crying and make their day better, " she said.
