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Everyone had a childhood. And childhood experiences are often very funny. Children often make us    (laugh). It’s true    children brighten up a home. They never turn off the lights.
I often recall my childhood, the years      many interesting things happened. When I was a two-year-old child, both my parents were always very busy with their work. My mother worked      a sales manager in a company while my father served in      army. So I lived with my grandma in a village. I was always waiting for my parents at home. Once my father      (send) us a photo of his in a soldier’s uniform,      was posted on the table reminding me of him.
Once my mother came to see me and we went     (shop) together. On the way we saw a group of soldiers. And when I saw them, I became very     (excite). I said in a ringing voice pointing to      , “This is my father, and this is my father, and that is my father, too!”
My mother said she would remember that moment all her life.