Mother's Day was coming. Anna really wanted to get her mom something special. In the first grade, Anna made a card for her mom. In the second grade, she wrote her a poem. But now she was in the third grade. Anna thought her mom would want a real gift from a store.
Anna went to a store near her house. That was where she could get her mom's gift. She saw a beautiful hat, but it was 15 dollars. She wanted to buy a scarf for her mom, but the scarf was even more expensive—18 dollars! Anna looked around the store but nothing was available(可得到的) for her. She bought nothing because nothing that she wanted was less than 12 dollars.
Anna walked home sadly. She got an idea. She took out some paper and a pencil, and made some cards. On each card, she wrote a thing that she would do for her mom. On one card she wrote，"I will help you make dinner." On another one she wrote, "I will clean the house and do laundry(洗衣服)．" She wrote eight more and put the cards under her bed. She didn't want her mom to see them before the special day.
On Mother's Day, Anna gave her mom the cards. Her mom thought the gift was great. In fact, she thought it was the best gift ever!
