mom, you should put some of your things away. baby proof this house, stated our oldest son mark as he lumbered up the stairs followed by his wife, kim, and fifteen-month-old hannah.
visiting for the thanksgiving holiday, he finished unloading the luggage and took it to the guestroom downstairs. after driving all day from salt lake to ft. collins, his temper showed. that one finger rule may work with the twins, but itll never work with hannah, he insisted. when my three granddaughters were born four months apart and the twins moved into our house at eight months, my close friend offered me her secret to entertaining grandchildren with few mishaps. teach them the one finger rule all of her five grandchildren learned it at a young age. the success of the method surprised me. i picked up my granddaughter and said, well, mark, you just watch. i hugged her and walked all around the great room.
hannah, you may touch anything in this room you want. but, you can only use one finger. i demonstrated the technique by touching my forefinger to the african sculpture on the mantle. hannah followed my example. good girl. now what else would you like to touch? she stretched her finger toward another object on the mantle. i allowed her to touch everything in sight, plants, glass objects, tv, vcr, lamps, speakers, candles and artificial flowers. if she started to grab, i gently reminded her to use one finger. she always obeyed. but, hannah, an only child, possessed a more adventur ous personality. her father predicted it would prevent her from accepting theone fingerrule.
during their four-day stay, we aided hannah in rememberingone fingerrule. she learned quickly. i only put away the things that might prove to be a danger to a child. otherwise, we watched her closely and nothing appeared to suffer any damage. besides, thingscan be replaced. a few fingerprints on glass doors, windows and tables remained after hannah and her family returned home. i couldnt bring myself to clean them for days. each one reminded me of some wonderful experience with hannah. months later, my husband and i drove to salt lake; i watched mark and kim continue to practice the one finger rule. but i refrained from saying, i told you so. yet, i smiled inwardly each time they prodded hannah to touch with one finger. mark, a salesman, always gave a packet of gifts to his potential clients. the night before we returned home, mark sat on the floor stuffing gifts into their packets. hannah helped.
then she picked up one gift, held it in her hand as if it were a fragile bird, and walked toward me. at my knee, her beautiful blue eyes looked into mine. she stretched her prize to me and said, one finger, nana!
2017届高考英语一轮复习课时训练:Unit 12 Culture Shock
2017届高考英语一轮专题突破解题策略课件:8 必修4 完形填空之对句子结构分析不清楚(新人教版)
2017届高考英语一轮复习课时训练:Unit 6 Design
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:20 议论文
2017届高考英语一轮复习课时训练:Unit 24 Society
2017届高考英语一轮复习课时训练:Unit 4 Cyberspace
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:4 并列句和复合句
2017届高考英语一轮基础知识复习:Unit 2 Cloning(新人教版选修8)
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:1 名词、冠词和主谓一致
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:16 记叙文
2017届高考英语一轮复习课时训练:Unit 3 Celebration
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2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:23 主旨大意
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2017届高考英语一轮基础知识复习:Unit 1 Great Scientists(新人教版必修5)
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:19 填写原词
2017届高考英语一轮专题突破解题策略课件:11 选修6 完形填空之上气下气难贯通-对段落关系及解题线索把握不准确(新人教版)
2017届高考英语一轮基础知识复习:Unit 1 Festivals around the world(新人教版必修3)
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:13 非谓语动词
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2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:25 介词和介词短语
2017届高考英语一轮基础知识复习:Unit 2 English around the world(新人教版必修1)
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:24 细节理解
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2017届高考英语一轮基础知识复习:Unit 1 Women of achievement(新人教版必修4)
2017届高考英语一轮专题突破解题策略课件:7 必修4 阅读理解之七选五(新人教版)
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:22 意图态度
2016届安徽省高考英语二轮高效课时检测:18 说明文
2017届高考英语一轮复习课时训练:Unit 8 Adventure
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