近日，四川都江堰街头一位摆摊捏泥塑的师傅火了。

An artisan living with a disability who makes clay figurines on the street in Southwest China's Sichuan province has recently awed netizens across the country.

人家说“心灵手巧”，这位泥人师傅没有双手，却能在短短几分钟内捏出一件可爱的泥塑作品，引得围观的路人直呼佩服。

2003年，米先生在一次事故中失去了双手。在意外发生的那一年里，他不甘向命运低头，渐渐学会了自己吃饭穿衣。

In 2003, Mi lost his hands in an accident. Unwilling to bow to fate, he gradually learned to eat and get dressed on his own in the year that followed the unexpected accident.

“除了自己要生活，我还有家庭要照顾。”当时已经成家的米师傅明白，不能仅仅靠他人和社会的帮助生活。

偶然间，他在街上看到有人捏面人，于是决定拜师学艺，可别人看他没有手指拒绝了他。米师傅一再坚持、赶也赶不走，最终得到了学习的机会。

After seeing an artisan making dough figurines on the street, Mi was immediately attracted to the craft and decided to learn it himself." The artisan said he couldn't teach me when he saw that I had no fingers. I insisted and finally wore him down," Mi said.

米先生用小手臂把黏土搓成球形，用塑料布把球的一部分压平，用小手臂夹住球放在棍子上，再在球上制作、添加更小的部件和装饰品。

After shaping clay into a ball with his elbows, the artisan, who is surnamed Mi, flattens part of the ball with the help of a plastic sheet, holds the ball between his arms to put it on a stick, and then makes and adds smaller parts and decorations to the ball.

学习的过程充满挑战，困难之多令人怯步。一开始，他一个下午只能做两朵玫瑰面塑。练完以后胳膊经常酸痛。但对制作面塑的热情和对谋生的渴望，让他从未想过放弃。

The learning process was challenging and daunting. In the beginning he could only make two roses in an afternoon. And his arms were often sore after all of the practice. However, because of his enthusiasm for the craft and his eagerness to earn a living, he never thought about giving up.

米先生制作这些泥塑已经有15年了，已经研究出一套适合自己的方法，技能和效率都显著提高：“现在我做一个简单的泥塑只要7分钟，一天可以做30个左右。”

Mi has been making these clay figurines for 15 years. It now takes him only several minutes to make an adorable cartoon figurine.

如今，米师傅不仅按照自己曾期望的那样通过捏泥人维持家庭生计，还在这一过程中找到了乐趣。他说，他卖泥人没有固定价格，“不想去要求别人给多少钱，一般就是随大家心意，平均下来二十多元吧”。

Mi is not only able to make a living by making clay figurines as he had hoped now, but taking great pleasure in what he does. He doesn't set prices for his figurines. Instead of asking people to pay a certain amount of money for the products, he allows them to pay as they like. In this way, each figurine is sold at about 20 yuan (about $2.9) on average, which is much cheaper compared to similar products sold elsewhere.

米师傅有三个儿女，都在读书。他负责养家，妻子照顾孩子。“我的孩子们都很懂事。我工作忙的时候，他们经常给我按摩后背，缓解酸痛。”

虽然压力有点大，但他对未来生活仍然充满期盼：“虽然我没有双手，但是学会了一门技艺。我选择了努力，而不是遗憾，有付出就会有回报。”

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编辑：朱迪齐

来源：央视新闻 新华社