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When I was still a teen, I helped at the nursery of our community as an assistant for the new daycare program started for kids three to six years old.

One little girl that I remember was _____ who truly loved being in our class and getting to play with the other little kids. Unfortunately, she also suffered from severe separation anxiety. She would cry when she was dropped off. This led to a(n) _____ situation: a child that loved to be in our classroom and yet cried _____ she was being tortured (折磨).

I had one game I really ____ playing with the kids during snack time. I would go up to the children and tell them not to smile, and commented if they were starting to smile. Since the girl happened to have the most beautiful smile, capable of ____ a room, she was almost always one of the kids I’d do this game with just to ____ that smile.

Eventually, she got to the point that just telling her not to smile would lead to a giant smile. Not wanting to ____ , she would cover her face with her hands. So then the game was to see if I could “find” the smile she was ____ .

The trick was so ____ that I started to use it on her whenever she was dropped off. She would always be handed to me _____ loudly. I’d find some way to _____ her attention so she would listen to me. Then I would tell her not to smile. Her hands would ____ go to cover up a big smile, and after a brief game of   “hunting” for the smile, she would stop crying. Then she would forget all about her ____ from her mother and happily run off to find some kids to play with.

I still have fond memories of that sweet little girl, her beautiful smiles, and how she ____ her mother that I was a(n)_____ worker.