A．was a sparrow B．felt surprised C．turned red D．is too late E．became very angry F．a(chǎn)re always kind and patient G．is really a lovely boy H．got a little angry I．kept silent J．was a nice day

Mike was reading in the garden when his mother came．She pointed to something and asked Mike what it was．Mike（1）

B

B

，but he told her it was a sparrow（麻雀） and got back into reading．
   Several minutes later，his mother pointed to the same sparrow and asked the same question again．Mike（2）

H

H

but still answered her question．After a little while，his mother did the same thing once more．This time Mike（3）

E

E

．He shouted at her for disturbing him again and again．
   The old lady（4）

I

I

for a while．Then she took out an old diary，turned to a page and showed it to Mike．Though a little impatient，Mike began to read it．
   "It（5）

J

J

today．I was watering the flowers in the garden when little Mike pointed to a bird on the grass and asked me what it was．I smiled at him，said it（6）

A

A

and kissed him．After a while Mike asked me again and I did the same．Pointing to the same sparrow，little Mike asked me what it was twenty times and I kept on answering his questions and kissing him every time．He（7）

G

G

．"
   Something gently touched Mike's heart．His face（8）

C

C

with shame for being so impatient to his mother and he hugged her tight．
   Our parents（9）

F

F

to us in their lifetime，but we may not realize that until it（10）

D

D

．