My 7-year-old daughter always has her nose in a book. She even continued reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, where she lost the book. This is the first lost 1 book in my life. In my childhood, my family had always been expected to be 2 , but we were poor, and I didn't own books. I had to borrow books. My library books lived on a 3shelf while they were mine, and it 4me when I had to return them to the library on the due day.
However, my daughter has more books now than I owned during my whole childhood. So it's probably my 5that she didn't cherish the books. "Sorry. I can't find it. " My daughter said with a shrug, "We just pay $ 20 for the book. What's the big 6?" The missing library book just met with a cold 7from her, but it met with nail-biting 8from me. I walked into the library in a deep 9as if I had lost the book.
Feeling the need to make her feel responsible for the book, I asked her to do the chores. She agreed to clean up all the pets' houses 10my paying the library book. I'd meant the chore to be 11!
Surprisingly, she was enjoying herself. I took a picture of her lovely back. So, was I winning or losing at 12? Did I teach her the 13of keeping a library book if the picture I took shows she is working 14?
To my 15, my little girl knew what matters in her life. She could devote herself to the chores as much as books.
