Question

I remembered the night， when I was eight years old. That day I finished my1.f______________ project—a small table--it had taken me six weeks to complete my project， and I could 2. h______________ wait to give my little table to Mother Winters as a gift.

I ran with my little hands underneath the table top to the dormitory(宿舍). Then Mother Winters entered. Then she noticed the table leg.

“Why have you brought the table into the dormitory with the leg still 3. w______________?”

I didn’t know 4. w______________ to say.

“Were you supposed to bring this home?” She asked.

“No， ma’ma，” I told her 5. w______________ my head down.

Mother Winters kicked the table over and stepped onto 6. e______________ of the small table legs， breaking them off.

A year later I gave the little table and legs to Mother Henderson， my houseparent， so she could throw them away.

One day thirty 7.y______________ later， I drove up to see Mother Henderson.

This shaking， 75-year-old woman picked something up.

“Do you remember this?” She said.

I couldn’t speak for fear of 8. c______________.

“Roger， I want you to have this.”

She had kept it all these years， not knowing 9. i______________ she would ever see me again.

But she couldn’t forget seeing the pain in this orphan’s 10. e______________. “I will remember the story of a young orphan(孤兒) who tried so very hard to please，” she said.

Thank you， Mother Henderson!

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