1.When I was young,my father used to grow carnations (康乃馨).His carnations were red,pink and white.Everyone who saw them admired them for their beauty.
He took care of them with so much love and __1__.Every day he came home from work,he went straight to see them.He __2__ watching them every day.We kids did too.But he used to tell us,“No one should touch my flowers.”
One day my younger sister,who loved my dad very much,had wanted to help him and she__3__ the carnations from their stems (枝干) one by one and arranged them __4__.She believed that he would be very __5__ to see them that way.