When I was in the sixth grade, one day my teacher asked our class to think about the question "What does "doing the right thing' mean to you?" over the weekend. By Monday, we had to hand in an essay (论文) on it, and be ready to live up to (实践) our 1 .
The whole weekend, I was trying to 2 something that would impress (使印象深刻) my teacher and be easy to live up to. I 3 to my parents, called my grandmother and asked my neighbor. Everyone had good answers, but I didn't feel like I could live up to them.
On Sunday afternoon, my parents said they were going to my Aunt Cindy's house. That usually meant that I would have to 4 time with my four-year-old cousin Andrea while myparents visited. I found a Disney movie for Andrea, and then I sat down and started to write my essay. It was due (到期的) the next morning and this is my last chance.
Soon I felt a pair of 5 on me. It was Andrea.
"What are you doing?" Andrea asked.
"I have to write an essay 6 what ‘doing the right thing' means to me." I answered.
Andrea laughed. Could this 7 four-year-old girl know the answer? "That's not 8 ," she said. "'Doing the right thing' means being 9 to your family andfriends and never telling a lie. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. 10 when you are dirty.
I looked at my little cousin with great 11 . Then I jumped up and gave her a big hug. Not only had Andrea answered a very difficult question for me, but I could 12 live up toall of her answers. All I had to do was to be nice, not to lie, to keep myself13 and clean. So when I wrote my essay, I described the 14 about Andrea and how she had answered the question.
Two weeks later, my teacher gave back everyone's essay. I got an A+ along with a little note at the top. It 15 , "Always do the right thing and give Andrea an A+, too!"
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