题目内容：

When I was young, we lived in what is now a forest preserve. People had the bad habit of abandoning dogs, ______1. drove my poor mother crazy! We were not rich and already had a dog.

Looking out of the window my mother complained to us about the_____2.___(responsible) and cruel person, who had just thrown a dog. We ______3.___(tell) to stay away from the dog as we could not afford it. I felt _______4.__(extreme) upset, and I couldn’t believe my mother refused to help the animal. She said, “Here we are not the only one. Let ____5._____take care of the creature.

_6.____poor dog lay at the end of the driveway and hardly moved. I was very sad, __7._ dared not say anything to my mother. _____8.___(late) that day I couldn’t find my mother in the house. I looked in every room but she was gone. Then I saw my mother ____9._ (come) home with the dog. We kids ran outside to greet our new friend. My mother didn’t say _____10._she had changed her mind. It’s not what you say. It’s what you do.