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A Gift From the Sky

Amanda died almost ten years ago. And in those ten years, I married, welcomed my first child, and said goodbye to my first dog, Tyson. I had experienced a great amount of joy in the past ___16____, but I had not 17___ my sister’s death, until one day when I was playing outside with my son, Evan. ___18____ he was two, he had a great vocabulary, good comprehension, and was quite logical. So, I wasn’t too surprised when he started a ___19___ with me.

“Sky Mommy,” he said as he pointed up.

“I see,” I told him. “It’s pretty, isn’t it?”

“Yes,” Evan said, with a quick nod of his head.

“What do you see in the sky?” I asked him.

Evan ___20___ and around.

“Birds. Tweet tweet(鸣叫).”

“Very good,” I told him. “What else?”

I’m not sure what I was ___21____ him to say next. I thought he might point to some clouds, the sun, or an airplane. He had noticed those things on ___22__ occasions. But I was

definitely not expecting his next ___23___.

“I see Manda Tysee,” he told me.

Completely __24__, I asked him to say it again. It sounded like he was saying the names of my sister and my dog.

“Who do you see, sweetie?” I asked.

“I see Manda Tysee,” he repeated.

“In the sky?”

“Yes,” he ___25__. “Manda Tysee in the sky.”

“Okay,” I told him. “Let me know if you see them again.”

Then I left it __26___. I didn’t want to ___27____him by continuing to ask for more information about something he was probably unable to explain to me. So, I waited for him to start playing again and then I called my parents.

I asked them if they had ever __28____ Amanda around Evan. They said they had told him her name when he pointed to a photograph and asked who she was. But they had never said Amanda was in __29__ or made a reference to the sky. And ___30__ had I.

I have heard stories of children and the ___31____ world before. I know that children are ___32___ and are closer to God than most adults. So, it would ___33___ that my sweet Evan was

experiencing something that was impossible for me to see. He was giving me my sign, my own personal ___34___. And the fact that he was completely unaware of it made it even more ___35___. 16. A. decade B. week C. month D. century

17. A. keep pace with B. made peace with C. respond to D. toy with

18. A. Therefore B. Because C. Unless D. Though

19. A. conversation B. argument C. conservation D. performance

20. A. went by B. looked up C. burst in D. looked into

21. A. expecting B. hoping C. persuading D. reminding

22. A. precious B. future C. particular D. previous

23. A. response B. correspondence C. greeting D. invitation

24. A. committed B. shocked C. frightened D. shaken

25. A. confirmed B. confused C. teased C. behaved

26. A. lonely B. down C. off D. alone

27. A. excite B. accompany C. assist D. upset

28. A. mentioned B. praised C. impressed D. instructed

29. A. silence B. consequence C. nature D. heaven

30. A. so B. either C. neither D. too

31. A. visual B. invisible C. cruel D. spiritual

32. A. pure B. cheerful C. absurd D. reliable

33. A. make sense B. refer to C. break down D. open the floor

34. A. gesture B. taboo C. expectation D. gift

35. A. special B. accurate C. actual D. mature

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