I Feel Proud When I Help Someone
(from the 2001 Arizona State Standards)
\-\Have
you ever helped someone {in need?}
\-\[LAVFIf you
have] you'll
know [RNDOit
makes you feel*INFDO05
really good inside.] \-\It
puts a different light {on helping*GerOP02
people.} \-\I
know [RNDOhow
this is] [RAVFbecause
I helped a person {in need}
one time,#NuA02]
\C\and not only did it make me feel*INFDO03
good \R\it gave
me a new friend.
\-\There
was this old lady [RAJFthat
lived {across the street} {from me.}]
\-\I thought [RNDOshe
must be very lonely] [RAVFbecause
her husband had passed away]
and [RAVFshe
was living all alone.] \-\[LAVFWhen
I came home#NuA01
{from school}]
I would see her {on hands and knees}
digging#ADO11
weeds {out of her garden.}
\-\Then she would
load up a heavy wheelbarrow and haul=CV
the weeds {into a pile.}
\-\I used to
think {to myself,}
[RNDO"I wonder
[RNDOif she could
use some help?"]] \-\But
I would always dismiss the thought and go=CV
play.*INFAV01
\-\One
day#NuA02 [LAJFwhen
I got {off the school bus}]
I saw her walking#ADO10
{down her steep driveway}
to get*INFAV04
the newspaper. \-\{Without
even realizing*GerOP03
it} I picked up the paper and ran=CV
over to give*INFAV05
it {to her.}
\-\[LAVFWhen
I handed her the paper]
I felt kinda funny, [RAVFuntil
I saw [RNDOhow
grateful she was.]] \-\She
was so thankful [RAVFthat
she said [RNDO[LAVFif
I did this every#NuA02
day] that she
would give me something {in return.}]]
\-\So [LAVFas
the days went on]
I continued to get*INFDO04
her paper and occasionally help*INFDO07
her {in her garden.}
\-\I did get
a treat. \-\She
gave me fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.
\-\The
day came [RAJFwhen
we were spending a lot {of time}
together.] \-\We
weeded the garden, burned=CV
brush, and washed=CV
windows. \-\This
is [RNPNhow my
neighbor, Mrs. Higbee#App02
and I became close friends.] \-\[LAVFEven
though Mrs. Higbee has moved {to a rest home}
now] it still
gives me a warm feeling to think*INFDS03
back and realize*INFDS26
[RNDOthat just
{be going*GerOP12}
a little bit#NuA03
{out of my way}
to help*INFAV04
my neighbor, that it brought us to be*INFDO06
very close friends.] |