填空题 As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. 1 I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn't win the contest again? That's the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.

• A. Yet, despite the competition, my 8 - year - old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories.
• B. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher.
• C. A revelation came last week when I asked her, " Don't you want to win again? ...'No. " she replied, "I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade. "
• D. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly "guided" by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson.
• E. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
• F. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.