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When Betty had something difficult to do, she used to ask her mother for   1   .  But the mother always said£¬“Do it yourself, dear. "Betty was not glad at all. Betty   2    she was the laziest mother in the world!

  One day, Betty decided to invite some friends to her home. Her bedroom was not in order. Books were   3    . And Betty didn't make the bed. So she asked her mother to clean it up, but her mom still said, “Do it yourself, girl.”

  Because of her “lazy mother”, Betty has to wash her clothes and clean her room. Betty has to help her   4    do housework. Betty even has to go to the dentist's by herself. Life    5     hard for Betty because she has to do everything well and she has no one to turn to. However, Betty has learned a lot and    6   became a capable woman. She can hold a party on her own.  As a matter of fact, she even used to arrange a wedding party for her friend.

  As time goes by, Betty    7   her mother, who made her clever and diligent.