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我最好的朋友

My best friend: an easy Chinese essay story

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老师lǎoshī说shuō：“今天jīntiān，我们wǒmen写xiě一yì写xiě‘我wǒ最好zuìhǎo的de朋友péngyǒu’。”

我wǒ写xiě：

我wǒ最好zuìhǎo的de朋友péngyǒu，比bǐ我wǒ大dà三十sānshí岁suì。

她tā每天měitiān早上zǎoshang七qī点diǎn叫jiào我wǒ起床qǐchuáng。她tā做zuò的de饭fàn很hěn好吃hǎochī，可是kěshì她tā天天tiāntiān让ràng我wǒ吃chī青菜qīngcài。

我wǒ不bù高兴gāoxìng的de时候shíhou，她tā会huì坐zuò在zài我wǒ旁边pángbiān，什么shénme也yě不bù说shuō。

晚上wǎnshang，她tā给gěi我wǒ读书dúshū。我wǒ不想bùxiǎng睡觉shuìjiào，她tā就jiù不bù高兴gāoxìng了le。

她tā工作gōngzuò很hěn忙máng。可是kěshì她tā每天měitiān都dōu有yǒu时间shíjiān听tīng我wǒ说话shuōhuà。

她tā唱歌chànggē不bù好听hǎotīng，可是kěshì她tā很hěn喜欢xǐhuān唱chàng。我wǒ和hé爸爸bàba都dōu不bú告诉gàosù她tā。

她tā是shì我wǒ妈妈māma。

那天nàtiān晚上wǎnshang，妈妈māma看kàn了le我wǒ的de作文zuòwén。她tā没méi说shuō什么shénme，也yě坐zuò下来xiàlai写xiě。

第二天dì’èrtiān早上zǎoshang，我wǒ在zài桌子zhuōzi上shàng看见kànjiàn了le妈妈māma写xiě的de字zì：

我wǒ最好zuìhǎo的de朋友péngyǒu，比bǐ我wǒ小xiǎo三十sānshí岁suì……

Key words

The teacher said, “Today, let’s write about ‘My best friend’.”

I wrote:

My best friend is thirty years older than me.

Every morning at seven, she wakes me up. The food she cooks is delicious, but every day she makes me eat my greens.

When I’m upset, she sits next to me and doesn’t say a thing.

In the evening, she reads to me. When I don’t want to go to sleep, she gets cross.

She is very busy at work. But every day she has time to listen to me.

She can’t sing, but she loves singing. Dad and I never tell her.

She is my mum.

That evening, Mum read my essay. She didn’t say anything, and sat down to write too.

The next morning, I found Mum’s handwriting on the table:

My best friend is thirty years younger than me…