学进去

   Micah is my 12-year-old daughter. We used to do many things together. But these days, “I’m good” is about all she says to me, which means “Leave me alone”.

I wondered why she didn’t want to do things with me. When I set table for dinner one evening. I heard Micah shout, “Mom, come quickly!” I rushed out and found a little baby bird on the ground. My eyes went up to the branches (树枝) . For the last few weeks we had watched the birds make a nest and lay eggs there.

“The wind must have blown him out of the nest,” I said.

“No, it was Mr. Whiskers, our cat. You let him go outside!” Micah said.

I realized she was right. So I said sorry and put the bird back. As soon as we went inside, she began to search for what to feed it on the computer carefully. And I found she focused on the screen more than ever before. She didn’t even have dinner with me.

“It needs a name.” Micah said.

“How about Chance? I think he has a good chance of living with your help.” I said.

“I like it.” said Micah.

Early the next morning, I got up to mix the bird food that Micah found on the Internet. But Chance didn’t need it, because his mother was back!

Weeks later, we went to check on Chance. The nest was empty. Chance was standing proudly on a branch. He has grown up!

Then I realized Micah wasn’t a little girl any longer. She is her own person.