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I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic1; in the other a toy
broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe little friend and I'll never forget the words she said,
even
2it was a pretense.
She said, 'Suzie's in the corner because she's not been very3 . She didn't listen to a 4I said or do the
things she should.' In the corner I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was5she'd been put
there to sit alone and 6.
My daughter7her'conversation', as I sat down on the floor. She said,'I'm all fed up. I just don't know
what to do with her any more. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play s, too. She never
8me do the things that I just have to do.
She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot9 . And she doesn't know10to fold
towels. I don't have the11to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don't have the
time to sit and play- 12what I mean?'
And that day I thought a lot about some13in my life, as I listened to her14words that cut me
like a knife. I hadn't been paying enough attention to what I hold most15. I'd been caught up in responsibilities
that increased throughout the year.
But now my16has changed, because, in my heart, I realize that I've seen the world in a different 17
through my little darling's eyes. So, let the cobwebs (蜘蛛网)18the corners and the dust bunny rabbit rule the
floor. I'm not going to worry about keeping up with them19 .
I'm going to fill the house with20 of a child and her mother, for we are granted only one childhood, and
we will never get another.

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