Last spring, our class planned a play for the school music festival. I was ___1___ to be a princess in the play. I was really glad because I had always dreamed of standing on the stage. I valued the ___2___ and practiced my lines (台词) every day. But during the rehearsal (排练), I was so nervous that every word disappeared from my head. Because of this, I was changed to play a small role, which made me really upset. ___3___ I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my unhappiness and asked me if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.

It was a lovely spring day. I walked slowly with my mother in the garden. I saw many flowers. ___4___ roses, there were also some small, unknown but beautiful flowers. My mother pointed at the small flowers and said, “I think I’ll ___5___ all these small flowers. In this way, we’ll only have beautiful roses in this garden.”

“But I also like the small flowers,” I said. “All the flowers are beautiful, even the unknown ones! Each of them plays an important role in making a ___6___ garden.”

My mother looked at me and said ___7___ , “Yes, every flower gives people pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” I nodded. “And the same goes for people, too,” she added.

I realized that my mother had ___8___ why I was upset. “I can’t play a princess any more. I can only play a small role in the play.” I cried and told her the ___9___. “But I believe you will be a good performer,” she said. Her words cheered me up. When the play finally came, everyone was amazed at my perfect performance.

Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I understood that ___10___ had his or her own value in the world. I was proud of my role in the play.