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     Night after night,she came to tuck me in,even long after my childhood years.__1   (follow)her

longstanding custom,she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way,then kiss my forehead.

     I don't remember  _ 2 _it first started annoying me-her hands pushing my hair that way.Finally,one

night,I shouted out at her,"Don't do that anymore-your hands are too rough!"She didn't say   3  in reply.But never again   4  my mother close out my day_ 5  that familiar expression of her love.

     Time after time,with the passing years,my __6 _(think)returned to that night.By then I missed my

mother's hands,missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead.

     Now those hands I once thought to be so rough were still doing things for me and my family.I frequently recalled the night my young voice complained.One night,catching Mom's hand in hand,I blurted out how

sorry I was for that night.I thought she'd remember that  _ 7  I did.But Mom didn't know what I   8  _ (talk) about.She had forgotten-and forgiven-long ago.

     That night,I fell asleep with a new _  9   (appreciate)for my gentle mother and 10  caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.