I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she 1 to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too 2 and I shouted, "What are you doing?" No response. I 3 my question and heard her say , "Oh, … nothing." Nothing? I got up from my desk and ran out 4 the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her a little behind, she made a quick 5 into the bathroom. I had her 6 ! I told her to turn around. She 7 . I pulled out my big Daddy voice, "Young lady," I said, "turn around!" 8 , she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife's new lipstick. And very square inch of her face was 9 with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard 10 voice that had been shouted to me as a child. " How could you… You should know… How many times have you been 11 . What a bad thing to do…" It was just a matter of my picking out which old 12 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But 13 I could let loose, looked 14 at the sweater on her. In big 15 it said, "I'm A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL (天使)! " I looked back up into her tearful eyes and , 16 seeing a bad girl who didn't listen, I saw a little angel full of 17 that I had come dangerously close to 18 . "Sweetheart, let's take a picture, so Mommy can see how 19 you look." I took the picture and thanked God that I didn't 20 the chance to prove what a perfect little angel he had given me. |
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