"Two Kinds" Summary Poem

There was a girl named Jing-Mei from China,
her mother had two other daughters who died when they were babies.
Jing-Mei's mother wanted her to be a prodigy.
Her mother took her to a beauty college to get a haircut to make her look like Shirley Temple.
Her mom worked as a cleaning lady. She would look at magazines at the houses where she cleaned.
In one of the magazines she saw an ad for piano lessons.
Jing-Mei's mother signed her up for lessons with Mr. Chong.
She did her best to practice.
She screwed up "Pleading Child" at the talent show because she didn't learn it very well.
She hit the wrong keys. The notes were off. She made plenty of mistakes. Her legs were shaking.
The audience did not clap. They made comments about her because she sucked.
Jing-Mei's mother was very disappointed. No tears came out.
She rebelled by telling her mother she didn't want to play piano anymore.
Her mom realized her daughter was not going to be a celebrity.
Mother and daughter had a sentimental moment when Jing-Mei said "I wish I was dead like the others."
Her mom felt misery so she left. She felt betrayed that her daughter would say that to her.
Jing-Mei had wonderful memories including when her mother gave her the piano at 13 and said "You don't have to be a genius in order to play."