甯屾湜妤间富寰堟弧鎰?閫熷害閲囩撼鍚?锜硅煿!

　　Ilikelittleanimals.Iwanttogetacatlongago.Butmymotherdoesn鈥檛'likethem.Lastmonthmyfriendgavemeawhitecat.IwassogladthatIoftenplayedwithitafterschool.Mymotherwasannoyedbythecat鈥檚voice.Shesaiditalwaysbrokethethingsandthesofa,anditshaircouldbeseenhereandthere.SolastFridaywhenIcamebackhomeandwantedtoplaywithmypet,itdidn鈥檛appear.Iaskedmymother,shetoldmeshehadsentthecattothezoo.Iwasmadather.Ishoutedandcried,anddidn鈥檛listentoher.Whenmyfathercamehome,Itoldhimtheevent.Healsosaiditwasn鈥檛animportantthing.Later,Isaidsorrytomymotherandsodidshe.

　　Myfatherwouldliftmehighanddancewith

　　mymotherandmeandthen

　　SpinmearoundtilIfellasleep.

　　Thenupthestairshewouldcarryme

　　AndIknewforsureIwasloved.

　　IfIcouldgetanotherchance,anotherwalk,anotherdancewithhim,

　　I鈥瞕playasongthatwouldnever,everend.

　　HowI鈥瞕love,love,love

　　Todancewithmyfatheragain.

　　WhenIandmymotherwoulddisagree

　　Togetmyway,Iwouldrunfromhertohim.

　　He鈥瞕makemelaughjusttocomfortme,

　　Thenfinallymakemedojustwhatmymamasaid.

　　LaterthatnightwhenIwasasleep,

　　Heleftadollarundermysheet,

　　Neverdreamedthathewouldbegonefromme.

　　IfIcouldstealonefinalglance,onefinalstep,onefinaldancewithhim,

　　I鈥瞕playasongthatwouldnever,everend,

　　鈥睠auseI鈥瞕love,love,love

　　Todancewithmyfatheragain.

　　SometimesI鈥瞕listenoutsideherdoor,

　　AndI鈥瞕hearhowmymothercriedforhim.

　　Iprayforherevenmorethanme.

　　Iprayforherevenmorethanme.

　　IknowI鈥瞞prayingformuchtoomuch,

　　Butcouldyousendbacktheonlymansheloved.

　　Iknowyoudon鈥瞭doitusually

　　ButdearLordshe鈥瞫dying.

　　Todancewithmyfatheragain,

　　EverynightIfallasleepandthisisallIeverdream

　　MymotherisaEnglishteacher,Studentsallenjoyherclass.Andshe'snotonlyagoodteacher,butalsoagreatmother.IrememberwhenIcaughtafeveratmidnightlastyear,mymumtookmetothehospitalasfastasshecould.Whenwegothomeaftermyinjection,itwasabout5o鈥檆lockintheearlymorning.Mymumonlyslept2hoursbecauseshehadtowakeupat7o鈥檆locktopreparebreakfastforme,andthenshewenttowork.Shemustbeverytiredthatday.

　　Mymumisnotverybeautiful,butIlikeherverymuch.

　　MyMother

　　Mymotherisasimplewomanwhocomesfromthecountrysidewithlittleeducation.Butinmyeyes,sheisthegreatestmotherintheworld.Herperseverancegivesmecourageinallmylife.WheneverIhavetroubledoingsomethingandthinkaboutgivingup,thescenethathappenedthreeyearsagotomotherjustcomeintomymind.

　　Havingaskedforaleavefromtheteacher,Ilefttheboringclassandwenttohomewithmyfavoritenoveltuckedundermyarm.Fatherwasatwork,brotherwasatschool,motherwouldn'tbebackfromhersmallstoreuntilevening.IfeltveryhappythinkingthatIwouldhavetheentirehousetomyself.Iboundedupsteps,burstintotheroombutwasshockedbywhateverIsaw.Motherwassittinginthesofa,sobbingwithhershouldertwitching.Ihadneverseenmothercryingbefore.Iwentclosetoher,askingwhathadhappened.Shewiped