A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first parent-teacher meeting. This would be the 1 time that his classmates and teacher met his mother. She had a large scar(伤疤) that 2 nearly the entire(全部的) right side of her face. The boy 3 ashamed (羞愧的) and never asked why or how she got the scar. At the meeting, everyone 4 the act of his mother's kindness, but the little boy was still embarrassed and 5 himself from everyone. He did, however, overhear(无意中听到) a conversation 6 his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked carefully, "Is it OK to ask 7 you got the scar?"
The mother replied, "When my son was a baby, he was in a room that 8 fire. Everyone was too 9 to go in because the fire was out of control, but I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood 10 from the ceiling (天花板), so I stood over him to 11 him. I was knocked senseless, but fortunately(幸运地), a fireman came and 12 both of us." She touched the scarred side of her face. "This scar will last, but to this day, I have 13 regretted what I did."
The little boy had never 14 the story of his mother's scar. He ran toward his mother 15 and held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
