The afternoon before Thanksgiving, two women came to our house
__18__
donations. Although we had less to spare, I helped carry items to their car, __19__ in my heart to give more.
As we stood outside chaffing, my little Helen, only three, screamed, “Wait! Don’t anybody move.” She rushed into the house, complaining, “We __20__ something!”
I looked apologetically at the ladies, but __21__ I could follow her, Helen was back outside, carrying her__22__ teddy bear, which I had made for her birthday just two months before.
“Mommy,” her green eyes searched my __23__, “the little girl doesn’t have any toys. I have to give it to her.”
My heart quaked. I thought about the few toys Helen had and how many hours I had spent sewing this one. Now she wanted to __24__ it away. We stood in silence, the ladies staring at me. I struggled with my feelings. I thought of all the things we needed and didn’t have.
Everyone held their __25__ as I bent down to face Helen. “Of course, Helen,” my voice nearly __26__, “you’re right. We forgot the toy. How thoughtful of you to remember!”
And I __27__my own heart would never be as big as the one pounding (怦怦地跳) in my daughter’s little chest.
16.A.struggled B.decided
C.prepared
D.happened
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