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I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic phone; in the other a toy. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe little friend. And I’ll never forget the words she said, even though it was only pretence.

She said, “Suzie’s in the corner because she’s not been very good. She didn’t listen to a word I said or do the things she should.” In the corner I saw her baby doll well dressed. It was obvious that she’d been put there to sit alone and think.

My daughter continued her “conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I am all fed up, and I just don’t know what to do with her anymore. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot reach… And she doesn’t know how to fold towels. I don’t have the time to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit and play—don’t you know what I mean?”

And that day I thought a lot about making some changes in my life, after listening to her innocent words that cut me like a knife. I hadn’t been paying enough attention to what I hold most dear. I’d been caught up in responsibilities that increased throughout the year.

But now my attitude has changed, because I’ve seen the world in a different light through my little darling’s eyes. So let the cobweb(蜘蛛网) cut the corners and the dust bunnies rule the floor. I am not going to worry about keeping up with them anymore.

I am going to fill the house with memories of a child and her mother, for we have only one childhood, and we will never get another.

21. Who is Suzie?

A. The girl’s phone. B. The girl’s friend. C. The author. D. A baby doll.

22. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The little girl doesn’t hate her mother any more.

B. The author has become lazy because of her daughter.

C. The author cares little about her daughter’s happiness.

D. The author wants her little girl to have a happy childhood.