BEIJING, July 9 -- Ma Li first learned about Li Yue from a newspaper. She was surprised to find Li's story was so much like her own: they both considered dancing to be the most important thing in life but had lost limbs.

    Ma lost her right arm in a car accident, while Li had to have her left leg amputated after the May 12 Sichuan earthquake.

    So Ma knew exactly what the 11-year-old girl was going through, and the ballerina traveled to Xi'an Tangdu Hospital, where the quake survivor was undergoing treatment.    

    The 31-year-old arrived at Li's ward on May 25, clad in a black short-sleeve shirt so the young girl would immediately connect with the stranger on a surprise visit.

    At that time, the distraught girl was refusing to cooperate with doctors. So Ma shared with the girl her own story - how she gathered ...

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