


one day my mother asked me, "son, do you think you have grown up?" i said, "i have grown up, i am now a pupil, a glorious young pioneer! i am not so naughty, nor arrogant." my mother smiled at me.
now, i learned to do a lot of things. at night, i dared to sleep by myself. i learned to organize my schoolbag. i learned to buy salt and soy sauce for my mother. i learned to lead my grandmother across the street. i learned to * my mother do some housework. one night, my mother came back from work to say that she had a sore back, so i let her lie on the bed and beat her back. the mother laughed again and said, "son, you really grew up!"
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