Lesson 4 Memories in Your Heart
What’s a Memory
Wilfrid Gordon ____ was a little boy who lived next to a nursing home.
He liked all the people who ____ there.
But his favorite person was Ms. Nancy Gordon Cooper because her middle name was the ____ as his.
He told her all ____ secrets.
One ____ Wilfrid's parents were talking about Ms. Cooper.
"Poor old ____ said his mother.
"Why is she a poor ____ lady?" asked Wilfrid.
"Because she's ____ her memory," said his father.
"What's a memory?" ____ Wilfrid.
"It is ____ you remember," said his father.
Wilfrid wanted to know more,
Wilfrid wanted to know more, so he went to his ____
Ms. Jordan was enjoying the ____
"What's a ____ he asked.
"Something warm, my child," ____ said.
Ms. Mitchell was reading ____ cartoon.
____ a memory?" he asked.
"Something that brings you ____ she said.
Mr. ____ was cleaning his medal.
"It's something as precious as ____ young man," he said.
So Wilfrid went back home
So Wilfrid went ____ home to look for memories for Ms. Cooper.
He went into the hen house and ____ a fresh, warm egg from under a hen.
Next, he looked for ____ sock puppet. It always brought laughter to his parents.
Finally, he found his football in his toy box. It was as precious as ____ to him.
Wilfrid went to Ms. Cooper and gave her the things one by ____
"What a strange, sweet child!" thought Ms. Cooper, ____ brought all these wonderful things."
Then she started to ____ her past.
She held the warm egg and whispered to Wilfrid,
"Long ago, I ____ a small blue egg in my aunt's garden."
She smiled at the sock puppet ____ remembered performing a puppet show for her sister.
"My ____ laughed a lot," said Ms. Cooper.
She bounced the football to Wilfrid ____ remembered him.
"Wilfrid? ____ Gordon Parker! My friend!"
She also remembered their ____ one by one.
____ two smiled at each other.
Ms. Cooper got her memory back thanks ____ the little boy with the same middle name as hers.