On a snowy afternoon, Mum picked up Jean from school. When they reached home, they rushed inside. Mum moved her feet and shook snow off them. "I'm tired of 1 . I miss sunshine. I miss flowers. I miss birds. "
"I know," Jean said. She dropped her schoolbag on the floor. "But I love snow. I think I'll 2 outside for a while. " She ran back outside. Jean had a good time in the snow with 3 friends. They threw snowballs. They made snowmen. They really enjoyed themselves outside. Then Jean felt 4 and came back inside.
"Here you go," Mum said. She handed Jean a cup of hot chocolate. "I love hot chocolate!" Jean drank a little and 5 . Mum smiled back and left.
"Mum always looks after me," Jean thought. "I hope to give her a gift. " 6 Jean didn't know what to give to Mum. She couldn't give sunshine. There were no 7 outside to pick. And she didn't have money to buy a bird.
Jean had an idea. She 8 a piece of white paper. Then Jean opened her crayon box and drew flowers on the 9 . She smiled and said, "I can give Mum flowers, after all!"
Then she painted some of the flowers purple, some red and some yellow. 10 Jean carried the special flowers to Mum. "Wow, these are the loveliest flowers I've ever seen!" Then Mum put them in a vase(花瓶) happily.
