One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face 1 first into the mud. David 2 her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom” 3 , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more 4 since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 5 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having 6 of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked 7 .
