In October, I said to my students, "Why not do some 1 to make some money? Then we'll buy food for someone in need."
Then early in that week they came with their hard-earned money at their homes, 2 to go shopping. We soon picked what we needed. As we headed toward the checkout, someone shouted, "Flowers!" The group rushed to the flowers. However, considering practicality, I said, "You can't send flowers." "But please, Mrs. Sherlock," someone begged, "we want flowers." Defeated (被打败了), I 3 them to buy some carnations (康乃馨).
An organization had given us the information of a 4 grandmother living alone for many years. After a long drive, we 5 arrived at a small, shabby (破旧的) house. An old lady came out to 6 us. Each box was 7 quickly. But when the woman noticed the carnations, she seemed 8 . "She's wishing it were a bag of rice," I thought.
"Do you like living here?" Michael asked. Hearing this, the woman 9 , "Of course. I'm quite fond of living here." She told the children about the birds flying to the bread she 10 . "Maybe that's why I could get the food from you," she said. "Because I 11 my food with the birds."
We returned to the 12 and saw her wave goodbye. Then she walked past the food, straight to the carnations. She put her face in the carnations, with a smile on her lips. The children were quiet. They had seen the 13 they had to make another's life 14 . And I had seen something too — sometimes a person needs lovely 15 on a cold winter.
