I was six years old and my sister, Sally Kay, was a submissive(顺从的) three. For some reason, I thought we needed to earn some money. I decided we should "hire out" as maids. We visited the neighbors, offering to clean houses for them for a quarter cents.
Reasonable as our offer was, there were no takers. But one neighbor telephoned Mother to let her know what Mary Alice and Sally Kay were doing. Mother had just hung up the phone when we came bursting through the backdoor into the kitchen of our apartment. "Girls," Mother asked, "Why were you two going a-round the neighborhood telling people you would clean their houses?"
Mother wasn't angry with us. In fact, we learned afterwards, she was amused that we had come up with such an idea. But, for some reason, we both denied having done any such thing. Shocked and terribly hurt that her dear little girls could be such "bold-faced(厚颜无耻的) liars", Mother then told us that Mrs. Jones had just called to tell her we had been to her house and said we would clean it for a quarter.
Faced with the truth, we admitted what we had done. Mother said that we had "fib bed(撒个小谎)". We had not told the truth. She tried to explain why a fib hurt but she didn't feel that were-ally understood.
Mother decided to teach us a lesson, one that we never forgot. Then an idea came to her in a flash. She cheerfully continued preparing for lunch.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
As we were chewing on sandwiches, she asked, "Would you two like to go to the movies this afternoon?"
Paragraph 2:
Mother bent and gathered us in her arms with tears in her eyes.
