I asked around some, and found out Charlie’s father was dead and he didn’t live with his mother. He deserves my patience, I thought. So I practiced every bit of patience I could muster. To my cheery “Good morning” , he was silent. When I wished him a happy Halloween, he sneered. Many, many times I asked God how I could reach Charlie. “I’m at my wit’s end. ” I’d say. Still I was sure that this child needed to feel some warmth from me. So, when he’d pass by, I’d ruffle his hair or pat him on the arm.

　　Toward the end of that year, the kids on my bus gave me a small trophy inscribed “To the Best Bus Driver Ever” . I propped it up on the dashboard. On top I hung a small tin heart that a little girl had given me. In red paint she had written,

　　“I love Polly and Polly loves me. ”

　　On the next-to-last day of school I was delayed a few minutes talking to the principal. When I got on the bus I realized that the tin heart was gone. “Does anyone know what happened to the little heart that was up here?” I asked. For once with 39 children, there was silence.

　　One boy piped up,

　　“Charlie was the first one on the bus. I bet he took it. ” Other children joined the chorus,

　　“Yeah! Charlie did it! Search him! ” I asked Charlie,

　　“Have you seen the heart?”

　　“I don’t know what you’re talking about, ” he protested. Standing up, he took a few pennies and a small ball out of his pockets. “See, I don’t have it. ”

【2016届高考英语阶段效果检测：7（含解析）】相关文章：

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍阅读理解七选五：考纲解读（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习课时训练：16（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍阅读理解七选五：名校模拟（含解析）

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ规范练：5（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍完形填空之夹叙夹议文：创新押题（含解析）

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ规范练：3（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍阅读理解七选五：解题策略（含解析）

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ题型重组训练：第6组（含解析）

★ （安徽专用）2014届高考英语一轮复习方案 作业手册（18）模块6 《Unit 18 Beauty》（含解析） 北师大版必修1

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习书面表达限时测验：2（含解析）