Whereas most girls An-an's age were already chattering away using a large vocabulary, Lin learned to her dismay that An-an could only express herself through tantrums. An-an was in no way intellectually impaired; she simply didn't have access to either signing or spoken language.
她至為震撼，因為同年齡的女孩早該語彙豐富、伶牙俐齒了，但智能完全正常的安安，卻因為不會手語又發不出口語，只能用哭鬧來表達情緒。