text:  according to her. The beginning of my life was simple and much like every other little life. These are Helen's words, which are going to be read by a voice actress for the rest of the piece. At five, I learned to fold and put away the clean clothes. And a couple of things struck Elsa almost immediately. I understood a good deal of what was going on about me. First of all, the idea of Helen Keller being totally cut off from the world before Anne showed up