Zheng Xin is a firefighter. One day he was trying his best to control the fire of a burning house. Outside, he heard the cats crying. He couldn't stop his work at the moment, but he decided to look for the cats after the fire was put (A) ________.
(B)took, a, control, long. it, time, to, the, fire. Luckily, no one inside was hurt Then he began to find out where the cat noises were from. There was still a lot of smoke and heat coming from the building. He followed the cat noises to the sidewalk in front of the house. There were five scared baby cats crying together. They must have been inside the building, as their fur was badly hurt. Zheng Xin wanted to find the mother cat. Clearly, she had gone into the burning house and carried out all her babies, one by one — unbelievable.
He finally found her. Her paws and face were blackened, and her fur was burned all over. He could even see her reddened skin (皮肤) under the burned fur. She could hardly move. Zheng Xin picked her up and let her relax in his arms. He decided to save this brave mother cat and her (C)family.
The animal doctors told him they would watch the baby cats and their mother carefully, but they weren't confident about the mother's chances. They provided her with the best medical care. About a week later, Zheng Xin was excited that the mother cat would be alive. They named her Scarlet because of the color of her skin.
Zheng Xin was happy that Scarlet got together with the baby cats again. She touched each (D) ________ them, nose to nose. She risked her life and all of her babies were saved. As a firefighter, Zheng Xin sees heroic acts every day. But that day, what Scarlet showed him was (E) ________.
