We bought a lovely parrot as a pet. We named1Dolly. Unluckily, my family2Dolly when her cage was open and she got outside. We3the neighborhood hard but in vain. We had to face the fact that such a lovely little bird4not survive in the wild for very long. Five days passed with no5of Dolly. We lost hope of ever finding her.
We were even6when we found out that our friends' four-year-old daughter, Shayna, was confirmed leukemia--a special kind of cancer. Shayna's parents were heartbroken. Wanting to help our friends, I began to visit Shayna in the hospital each time she7her medical treatment. There was little I could do but cheering her up. Each day, I wished for Shayna's cure.
Then, one evening I8a phone call from Shayna's mother. "I think we've found Dolly, " she said. When I arrived there, I saw my sweet little bird at first sight! My friend9what had happened. "Shayna was in the backyard, feeling 10. When she saw a small bird in a tree, she expected her to come down. And the bird flew directly to Shayna, landing on her shoulder. Shayna then led her to an old cage in the garage. I got home and she told me the whole11. "
I was12to see my lovely bird again, but there was more. I knew13that neither Shayna nor her mother knew. I considered it a miracle that we had really found Dolly again. I felt at that moment that Shayna would recover.
Today, Shayna is thirteen years old and cancer-free. We make sure that Dolly lives a happy life14it was through her that we were all given the greatest gift——the gift of15.
