Composition

Assignment: Describe a childhood memory.

I was six years old. One day in the winter, my mother gave me five cents for bathing. There was a bathing room in my village. If somebody paid five cents, he could bathed in here.

That time my family had a hard time because there was a bad crop in the year. Five cents were also important for my family’s life. I was very glad to go to the bathing room with five cents.

Unfortunately, I lost the coin on my way.

I was very afraid and looked about for the coin carefully. I had not found it until it got dark. When I came back home like a culprit and told my mother this thing, she was very angry. She doubted my words and thought that I bought sugar-plum or other things. I related her I did not buy anything and the five cents coin was lost truly. However, my mother did not believe me and reprimanded me continually. I was quite sad for losing the coin and being blamed.

After the day, I always picked some useful things, such as papers and metals, from rubbish heaps, then sold them. In the winter, I gained fifty cents. I was very happy. When I gave the money to my mother and told her that the five cents were lost truly again, tears started from her eyes. She told me that she had forgot the thing and admitted that she was wrong.

Now I have come to Beijing from the village, but the incident has given me a strong and unforgettable impression.

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