Sometimes it’s for the best that we miss an opportunity. My mother had a chance to draw for Walt Disney when she was very young. When he died, his death hurt her so bad. Now that I am older, I can see God’s hidden reasons why my mother missed that opportunity. It was not meant to be.

I have heard wonderful things about Walt Disney as a child. I have never heard anything bad about the man Walt Elias Disney until years after high school, and my mother is resting in peace. On the internet, I have seen a documentary on a show titled “Secret Lives”. It told how Walt Disney treated the women that worked for him. Marie Beardsley (Disney Artist) said that in the big multi- million dollar studio in Burbank, everything was segregated and things got to big and impersonal. She thinks that’s where the trouble started. It was said in the documentary that women did the slave work. The women were treated terribly. The animation department was the men’s department. The women were just in the inking and painting department. They were kept in a room and didn’t get up. The women had tea break and back to work. The supervisors would stand behind them and watch how well they were inking. The women were timed on how fast they were painting. The supervisors did that to see if they were worth keeping. Some people got fired. Walt Disney was a controlling man and people called him Uncle Walt. Nobody crossed him. If they did, they got fired.

It was said that Walt Disney was prejudice. He did not like Jews and especially New York ones. If a person was too dark, they had to go.

When I heard about the bad side of Walt Disney, I could not believe my ears. When I read about Walt Disney, it’s always good things. I told myself, “What! No! Not the man that made Walt Disney! Not the man who made Mickey Mouse!”

My mother always said that you don’t know what is going on behind closed doors. As she got older, she could feel something about Disney that wasn’t quite right. My mother told me that she had lots of opportunities in life. She told me if they had happen, me and my brother might not would have been born. My mother said that she probably wouldn’t have gotten married. She might would have been a totally different person. I think all of the things my mother said is true. Her outcome in life might would have been different. Now, that she is resting in peace, I am beginning to see what she meant when she said that sometimes things happen for the best. It may be a blessing in disguise.

有时失去一次机会对我们来说是最好的。母亲在她年轻的时候，曾经有一次机会-可以在沃特·迪斯尼的画室里画画，但她错过了。得知沃特的死讯时，母亲很伤心。长大后，我发现母亲错过那次机会的隐藏原因，并不像表面上看起来的那样。

当我还是个孩子的时候，我已经听说了沃特·迪斯尼的伟大事迹。从没有听到关于沃特·埃利亚斯·迪斯尼任何不好的消息，直到高中毕业几年后，也就是母亲逝世 后，我才听到一些。我在网上一个名为《秘密生活》的节目里看了一部纪录片。片子讲述了沃特·迪斯尼如何欺骗那些为他工作的妇女的事情。据玛丽·比尔兹利 （迪斯尼的画家）讲述，在城市郊区的一个数百万美元建成的大画室里，完全与世隔绝，虽然什么看起来都有很大影响力，但是却没有人情味的。她认为那是问题开 始出现的地方。据纪录片讲述，妇女们做的是奴隶的工作。她们受到严重的欺骗。只有在男人们的工作室里才能制作卡通片，而妇女们只能待在上油墨和油漆的工作 室里。她们呆在一间不能站立的房间里。有吃茶点的休息时间，然后继续工作。监工们站在她们身后，观察她们上油墨上得怎样，而且对她们上油漆的速度进行计 时。监工们那样做是为了看看那些妇女还有没有留下来的价值。有些妇女因为速度慢而被开除。沃特·迪斯尼是管理者，人们称他为沃特叔叔。没有人能反对他。如 果有人那么做了，他们就会被开除。

据纪录片讲述，沃特·迪斯尼有种族歧视。他不喜欢犹太人和纽约人。如果一个人太黑了，就得离开他的工作室。

当我听到这些关于沃特·迪斯尼不好的事情的时候，我简直不敢相信耳朵所听到的。以前所知道的都是关于他好的一面。我告诉自己，那些关于他不好的事情，绝对不是真的。没有沃特·迪斯尼，就没有米老鼠。

母亲经常说道，你并不知道在关着的门背后发生了什么。随着年龄的增长，她也许感觉到了一些关于迪斯尼不好的事情。母亲告诉我，她在生活中有很多机会，如果 它们都发生了，我和我的弟弟就不会出生在这世界上。她还说道，也许她都不会结婚，也许她变成一个与现在完全不同的人。我想母亲所说的是对的。那样，她在生 活中所取得的成就会变得不同。现在，母亲逝世了，我得想一下她曾经说过的-有时事情发生了是最好的，到底意味着什么。说不定只是伪装下的祝福。