I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The 1 on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
"2 one of you did this?"
We all stared down at the step. There was child's handwriting in chalk there. I was very 3. I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I 4, "Not me, Dad. "
The others denied(否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us 5 had done it. But as the 6 and smallest of the three, I just couldn't find the courage to tell the 7.
To find out who had written on the 8, father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil and said, "I want each of you to 9 exactly what you see on the step. "
I tried my best to write the words 10. I didn't want Dad to be able to tell it was me.
He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them. "Since 11 of you will admit(承认) to have done it, then I will punish you all. " I stood there and said 12. The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
"I 13 it, " my sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn't. She was grounded(受处罚) for a month.
We didn't talk about that for many years. Not 14 we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really 15. I always felt sorry because of it. That was the last time I let someone take the blame(责任) for me.
