Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Which line from the excerpt is an important detail that
would be included in a summary of the excerpt?
It was the most comical shapeless thing
I tumbled off the seat and searched under it until I found
my aunt's cape
the absence of eyes struck me more than all the other
defects
but immediately I lost all interest in the doll,
My aunt made me a big doll out of towels. It was the most
comical shapeless thing, this improvised doll, with no nose
mouth, ears or eyes-nothing that even the imagination of
a child could convert into a face. Curiously enough, the
absence of eyes struck me more than all the other defects
put together. I pointed this out to everybody with provoking
persistency, but no one seemed equal to the task of
providing the doll with eyes. A bright idea however, shot
into my mind, and the problem was solved. I tumbled off
the seat and searched under it until I found my aunt's cape,
which was trimmed with large beads. I pulled two beads off
and indicated to her that I wanted her to sew them on my
doll. She raised my hand to her eyes in a questioning way
and I nodded energetically. The beads were sewed in the
right place and I could not contain myself for joy, but
immediately I lost all interest in the doll