Li Ling is thirteen years old. She lives in the countryside in Shandong Province. Yesterday was her 1.Her parents cooked a nice dinner 2 her, but the girl said, "I feel sad 3 my parents are leaving for Guangzhou next week. I don't want them 4."
It is the 5 birthday that Li Ling spends with her parents these three years. In the past three years, her parents 6 in Guangzhou and worked to make money. Next week they will 7 leave home again.
Li Ling is not the only stay at home child(留守儿童). In the countryside of China, there are more than 20, 000, 000 children staying at home without their parents. Stay at home children face a lot of problems. Many of them stay with their grandparents. They get less care from parents. They feel 8.Some of them don't study well because their parents can't help them 9their lessons.
The Chinese government(政府) now cares about those children very much and is trying 10 their problems.
