Tom Hank gives right type of gift to boy, 8, bullied over his name Corona
Tom Hanks has sent a letter along with a Corona-brand typewriter to an Australian boy who says he is bullied because of his name.
Yep, Corona.
The name Corona means Crown and is of Spanish origin – but is also a Latin word for circle of light.
Sadly, Corona De Vries, aged eight, has realised people in the area where he lives have no idea about the meaning and has been insulted and bullied by them,
According to reports Corona wrote to Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson after they fell victim to the virus in Queensland.
“I heard on the news you and your wife had caught the coronavirus,” the boy wrote. “Are you OK?”
He added that he loved his name but was being called “coronavirus” at school.
“I get very sad and angry when people call me this,” he wrote.
The BBC says Hanks replied: “Dear Friend Corona”.
“Your letter made my wife and I feel so wonderful! Thank you for being such a good friend – friends make friends feel good when they are down.”
Hanks and Rita are back in the US after spending three weeks recovering from the virus on the Gold Coast.
Hanks wrote
: “You are the only person I’ve ever known to have the name Corona – like the ring around the sun, a crown.”
He also sent a Corona-brand typewriter, which he had used during his quarantine in the city.
“I thought this typewriter would suit you,” he said. “I had taken it to the Gold Coast, and now, it is back – with you. Ask a grown up how it works. And use it to write me back.”
Top man Tom!
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