Shelly hated cabbage. Now she sat there in silence with tears in her eyes. In front of her, was a bowl 1 with cabbage.
"Shelly, my dear, why don't you eat a little? If not, both of us might 2 trouble." Then Shelly looked quite 3 .
"OK, Dad. I will eat, but just a little." But after a while, she asked, "Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me what I want?"
"Yes."
4 she began to eat. It took her 5 half an hour to finish all the food in the bowl. Then she came up to me and said, "Dad, I want to have my hair cut!"
"Shelly, can you ask for 6 else? If we see your head like that, we'll feel very 7 ." I said.
"But Dad, you 8 keep your promise! Now you're going back on your words."
I had to agree with her. Shelly had all her hair cut. She 9 .
On Monday morning, I took Shelly to school. Just when we arrived, a boy ran towards us and shouted, "Shelly, please wait 10 me!"
Guess what? The boy had no hair, 11 .
"Sir, your daughter is great!" a man stood aside said, "This boy is my son, Henry. He has cancer. He lost his hair when he got 12 . Shelly cut her hair so that Henry felt less 13 . And he is now in high 14 every day with her help. She is a special girl."
Standing there quietly, I knew my little daughter taught me how selfless real 15 was.
