A woman is going shopping. She is going  46  boat. The boat is going across（穿过）the river. Her basket is empty（空的）. Oh dear! Look! Her basket is in the  47  .“Help!”she says.“Look! My basket is in the river.”

A boy sees the basket. He says, “Don’t worry! I can  48  it! I’m a very good swimmer.” He takes off his shoes and shirt. “Look  49  my shirt and shoes, please!” he says and then jumps into the river.

A  50  sees the basket. “I can go by basket!” it thinks. It gets to the basket. The boy  51  in the river. “Where’s the basket?” he calls:“It’s over there!” calls the woman. “It’s behind you!” It’s  52  that duck! The boy gets to the basket.“Go away!” he says to the duck. The duck  53  out of the basket and swims away. The boy takes the basket to the land. “Oh, thank you!” says the woman. “Thank you very much!”

“Not at all!” says the boy.“  54  you like to give me my shirt and shoes?”

“Yes, here you are. Oh, what’s in the basket? It’s the duck’s  55  .”

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could do to help her 3-year-old son Michael prepare for it. She and her husband found out that the new baby was going to be a girl. Day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in his mom’s tummy(肚子).
Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in a very serious condition. The doctor told the parents there was very little hope. They kept the baby girl in the ICU(重症室). Karen was so sad. She decided to say goodbye to the baby. Michael, however, kept asking his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to sing to her,” he would say. Finally Karen decided to take Michael to his sister. This might be the last time he saw her alive.
Michael looked at his baby sister. After a moment, he began to sing. In the lovely voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray.” Suddenly the baby girl seemed to be better. Her heart beat well little by little.
“Keep on singing, Michael,” encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. “You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away.” As Michael sang to his sister, the baby’s breath(呼吸) became smooth.
After a few days, the little girl was well enough to go home. The doctors called it a miracle(奇迹).
【小题1】What can we learn from the first paragraph?