It was a bright spring afternoon when Fieda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 1 up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was 2 jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 3 . a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’a 4 was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 5 happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 6 .
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 7 an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 8 I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuct to their wooden floor. 9 that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’beds. It was 10 than that. For I felt I had become a part of their 11 .
Freda stayed at home with the kids, 12 I would often see her in the morning 13 Them to school. And I’d be there when they 14 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 15 them grow up. Now I 16 still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for
I left Freda’s 17 relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 18
Them? As a matter of fact. I’m 19 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 20 of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.
It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more．I had just finished my four-hour work－ 1 up and down the stairs of her three-story home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished．She was 2 jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just 3 , a pile of papers spread around her．Her husband’s 4 was going to be reduced by thirty percent, and they were trying to live as if it had 5 happened．I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of 6 ．
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 7 an unexpected relationship with the family．It was not just 8 I had become an expert at scraping(刮掉)dirt stuck to their wooden floor 9 that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds．It was 10 than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 11 ．
Freda stayed at home with the kids, 12 I would often see her in the morning 13 them to school．And I’d be there when they 14 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice．I had 15 them grow up．Now I was fired, but the 16 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family．
I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the 17 of my relationship with my clients(主顾)．Who am I 18 them? As a matter of fact, I’m 19 an employee－the lowest kind of employee．But I’m also a trusted 20 of the family．I can’t help worrying about what happens around me．