Susie Sunbeam was not her real name. It was Susan Brown. But everyone called1Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face. She2took happiness with her wherever she went. Her grandfather first gave her this3, and it seemed to fit the little girl so4that soon it took the place of her own.
Even when Susie was a baby, she laughed and smiled from morning till night. No one ever heard her cry unless she was5or hurt. When she had learnt to6, she loved to go around the house and get things for her mother.7, she helped her as much as she could.
She loved8. She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time, and ask her many questions. At other times, she would take a new book and read quietly. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never used a(n)9word, but tried to do whatever would make her playmates happy.
One day, a(n)10little girl in an old worn dress passed by. Susie heard some children teasing and laughing at her. She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the little girl to come11.
"What are you crying for?" Susie asked. "Because they all12at me," she said.
Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She13the little girl with kind words, and she gave her one of her own best dresses and a good pair of shoes. This brought real14to the poor child, and she thought that Sunbeam was the15name for Susan Brown.
