It was when my now 19yearold daughter Shanna was in Grade 3．All students in her class
were given a small pot with a __1__ seed to plant．
     Once the bean plants had __2__,their teacher allowed the kids to __3__ move it from school
to home．Once home,Shanna looked around for the __4__ location and settled it on a sunny
south window sill (窗台) and then __5__ declared,"Soon I can feed the whole family!"
     Shanna's sisters were envious and even our cat looked __6__,which should have been a warning
to me __7__ when I woke up the next morning,I saw that the bean plant had been unkindly knocked
__8__ the window sill．Its leaves were broken and except for a thread of stem that still __9__ the
roots to the flowering top；it was quite unrecognizable from the day before．It seemed to be __10__．
     I feared for what I had to tell Shanna but her __11__ was not what I expected．She said,"Everything will be okay,Mom；the plant will get __12__．"
     Quickly she took the first aid kit (急救箱) from the bathroom,__13__ with bandages and a deep
belief that the sad looking,neardead bean plant would live and even produce __14__ !
     I went along with it and __15__ her to wrap bandages．Days later,to my __16__,the bean plant
was standing tall and looking lively．We were able to __17__ the bandages．
     My daughter never quite understood my __18__ over the meaning of the bean plant．I work with
kids that all greatly need people to trust them．Now whatever I have been told about children and their
behavior,I __19__ everyone with the same eyes and heart that my daughter used on her __20__ bean
plant．
     Later that week,I came across a sentence:From a little spark,may burst a flame.