Last Sunday, when I was still in my dreams, I felt someone pulling my hair very lightly. I woke up and saw nothing, so I turned my head but nearly squashed something that was on my pillow! Everything was blurry to me if I hadn\u2019t got my glasses on, so I had to squint my eyes to see what the thing was. Shocked, I screamed at a high-pitched voice when I took a closer look. The thing on my pillow was actually my mum, but only 20 cm tall!<\/p>\n
I still couldn\u2019t react after such a shock when my mum started talking. I wasn\u2019t concentrating on the words, so I only caught a few words, \u2018wizard\u2019, \u2018spell\u2019, \u2018shrunk\u2019. Then I knew what had happened. A wizard had caused a spell on my mum, so she shrunk into 20 cm tall. Well, it was my duty to take care of Mum until she could change back to her normal size.<\/p>\n
I was so miserable as I\u2019d never taken care of my mum before. I didn\u2019t know what to do so I wanted to give up. But looking at my helpless mum made me force my silly idea away. I decided to take good care of her to thank her for what she had done to me for these 14 years.<\/p>\n
First, I thought of giving her a bath, like how she helped me when I was young. I found a bowl and poured in some warm water. I tested the water and helped my mum in cautiously, as I was scared that I might hurt her if I put too much force on her. Washing her hair was no easy task. I had to make sure that no shampoo would get into her eyes and I wouldn\u2019t hurt her. Washing her body was no better either, as the soap was quite big so it\u2019s hard to rub it against her tender skin.<\/p>\n
It was just then I thought of the most important question: how was I going to find clothes to suit my mum\u2019s size? I found some Barbie clothes and tried to put them on my mum.<\/p>\n
\u2018Hey, stop poking in my eye!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Sorry, mum.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018This dress is too short, grab me another one.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018This one?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018No! This is even shorter!\u2019<\/p>\n
Soon, it was the noon time. I went to figure out something to eat. I cooked some corn but then remembered it\u2019s too big for mum to bite. So in the end, I fed her one by one until she was full.<\/p>\n
After lunch, I read stories to Mum like what she did when I was little, so that she could stay happy in the fairy tales and forget all the misery.<\/p>\n
At last, the evening came. Suddenly, my house was filled with smoke and a wizard appeared. There were tears in his eyes. Mum then turned back to her normal size.<\/p>\n
The wizard happened to want to train children to care more about their parents. That\u2019s why he set up such a task for me.<\/p>\n
I felt so guilty that I didn\u2019t care much about my mother before. I decided to do better from then on.<\/p>\n
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