For many years now, the people of Bu Dach village (local people call it Bu Dach bon, Quang Tin commune, Dak R’Lap district, Dak Nong province), are familiar with the image of the boy Dieu Khuy Nich walking every day. with both hands on the jagged dirt road.

Dieu Khuy Nich is the 5th child of Ms. Thi Xuan (M’Nong ethnic group) and her late husband. The birth of the disabled boy had been warned in advance, because doctors discovered abnormalities when the fetus was only 6 months old.

However, not having the heart to throw away their blood, Xuan and her husband still kept the fetus. By mid-2013, Dieu Khuy Nich was born to the surprise of many people.

“The day Nich was born, my husband and I were dumbfounded, not believing our eyes. The other children all had perfect bodies, but my child was only as small as a lump of meat and missing legs. The couple only knew She hugged her face and cried because she felt sorry for her child who had to suffer misfortune so soon,” Ms. Xuan recalled when Nich was just born.

There was a time when people in the village believed that Nich’s misfortune was a punishment from God to Ms. Xuan’s family. However, overcoming adversity and physical defects, Nich welcomed them with an optimistic attitude. And from then on, the villagers’ eyes towards him gradually changed.

Ms. Xuan realized that, compared to many people’s lives, 8 years can be a short period of time. But for her son, 8 years is enough for Nich to experience a lot of emotions. From looks of suspicion and alienation to sympathy, sharing and even admiration from the people in the village.

But over the years, the time that Ms. Xuan felt the most sad was when Nich started learning to walk. The boy’s carefree and innocent questions seemed to cut deep into the heart of the M’Nong woman, creating a large, indelible scar.

Ms. Xuan said: “When I was over 3 years old, I could only roll over but couldn’t walk. If I wanted to go anywhere, my parents had to carry me. Suddenly one day, my child asked me why I didn’t have legs like other people. I pointed out know how to hold your child in your arms and tell him, God didn’t give you legs, you should learn to walk with your hands.”

Right after that, Nich learned to walk right on the bed he was lying on. Every time he falls, the boy stands up on his own without the help of others. Half a year later, the miracle happened, Nich took the first steps, when his hands began to bleed.

“That day the baby didn’t cry because of pain, but because he was able to walk. Looking at his tears, my husband and I also cried because of happiness,” Ms. Xuan emotionally remembered that moment.

Every day, the boy uses both hands to support the ground, lifts his small body and glides on the ground even though moving with his hands makes it impossible for Nich to observe everything around him.

Because that way of walking causes the body’s weight to fall on his weak hands, Nich’s arms are now deformed. In particular, because he often tripped over pieces of porcelain and stones, his hands were covered with scars. Even though her parents let her wear slippers many times, she only wore them once or twice before Nich took them off because it was inconvenient.

The boy confided that he once wished he had a prosthetic leg so he could run and jump with his friends. But unexpected events occurred, and the dream had not yet been fulfilled when Nich’s father fell seriously ill, and the whole family had to sell the cashew garden to get money for treatment. The money saved to buy a prosthetic leg for Nich had to be used in the hope of saving the life of Nich’s father, Dieu Pot.

However, the money from selling the cashew garden and the savings were not enough to save the man who was the breadwinner of the family. Nich’s father passed away on the 4th day of Lunar New Year last year, and Dieu Khuy Nich’s dream of having prosthetic legs also remained unfinished.

Looking up at her husband’s photo, Ms. Xuan spoke in a troubled voice, begging for her son’s help: “His father was bedridden for 6 months, the money from selling the cashew garden was only 60 million, so it wasn’t enough for treatment. Now his father is gone, I don’t know if the day he grows up, I will still be alive to buy him prosthetic legs?

Ms. Doan Thi Giang, Nich’s homeroom teacher, confided that despite difficult circumstances and an inadequate physical condition, Nich is an example of the will to live and the spirit of learning.

Nich’s optimism and bright smile not only touched and admired his friends but also the teachers at school. Last school year, even though his father’s passing was a major event, Nich still completed his study program with excellent results.