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Even before my father left us, my mother had to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, “Mom, I can't peel potatoes. I have only one _______ .”

“Get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,”Mom said, without looking up. “And don't use that as a (n) _______ for anything again!”

One day, our teacher had each of us race _______ the monkey bars (攀爬架), swinging from one rung (横杠) to the next. When it was my _______ , I shook my head. Some kids behind me _______ , and I went home crying.

Hearing my story, Mom hugged me. The next afternoon, she took me _______ to school. At the empty playground, Mom looked carefully at the rungs. “Now, _______ up with your right hand,” she advised. She stood by as I tried hard to lift myself with my right hand _______ I could hook (勾住) the rung with my other elbow (肘). Day after day we practiced and she praised me for every rung I _______ .

I'll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked __________ at the kids standing there with their mouths

One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I __________ myself into the bed, crying. I could hear Mom come in, “Mom,” I said sadly, “__________ of the boys would dance with me.”

It was a long __________ before Mom said, “Oh, honey, someday you'll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was so __________ that I could hardly get it. I could see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she had suffered (遭受) in bringing me up. She had never let me see her tears.

Mother's tears are always there in my heart. I will beat any difficulty off with one hand.