“妈妈，几点了？”阳光照在我身上了，但我还不想起床。“妈妈？”我又叫了一声，没有人回答我。我四周望望，房间里又暗又静，到处都没有妈妈的身影。突然，一阵风掠过，一张纸条从门上飘下来。我好奇地走过去看了看，原来妈妈去上班了，要晚上才能回家。我这几天学校放假，而妈妈还要工作，因此我只能独自在家了。那就是说今天我要自己做早餐和午餐。

　　我还从来没有做过饭，我既紧张又兴奋。妈妈已经帮我准备好了早餐，就在桌子上了。我慢悠悠地吃着早餐，然后就一边玩，一边学习了。几个小时以后，我就饿了，肚子“咕噜咕噜”地叫唤。我看了看表，已经十二点半了。时间过得可真快啊，它也再回不去了。

　　现在是中午，是吃午餐的时间了，我的工作也该开始了。 我打开冰箱，哇！白菜、水果、肉，这么多美味佳肴。我恨不得现在就把它们消灭，因为我实在太饿了。但是，我不知道怎么做饭。终于我发现了一些速冻小汤圆，我高兴得像一只骆驼忽然在沙漠中找到了水。

　　我开始做第一顿饭了。我需要先把水煮开，这件事平时看妈妈做很简单，但我自己做的时候，却发现其实很难。我使劲地把炉子上的按钮一拧，却一点火花也没有。我一次又一次地转按钮，终于火星喷出来了。我也可以安心地回房间去玩了，直到我听见“噗噗”的声音，我的心都快蹦出来了。我一惊，赶紧跑到厨房把火关掉。现在就是我大显身手的时候了。

　　记得妈妈说过汤圆放进开水的锅里，它们很快就会飘起来，这时就要把它们捞出来。我把一整袋的汤圆倒进锅中，“哗啦”，沸腾的水的声音吓了我一跳。我随即就把它们都捞上来。我迫不及待地想尝一口我的“杰作”。嗄，恶心！我应该把它们扔掉的，但是我必须吃掉它们，否则我只能挨饿了。这些是我的“杰作”啊！原来，我还没等它们浮上水面就把它们捞出来了，这说明根本就没有煮熟！

　　这是我人生中第一次做饭。虽然它非常失败，但是让我体会到了妈妈每天给我做饭的辛苦。我应该努力学习，这样妈妈才会开心地工作。

　　January 16, 2010

　　A home alone day—eating rice dumplings

　　“Mom, what time is it now?” I didn’t want to get up even though the sun was shining on my body already. “Mom?” I asked again, there was no answer. I looked around. It was very quiet and dark in the room and I couldn’t find my mom anywhere. Suddenly the wind blew to my room and a script fell off from the door. I looked at it curiously and finally came to realize that my mom had gone to work and she wouldn’t be back until evening. I was in holiday while my mom had to work. That was why I was home alone today. That meant I have to make breakfast and lunch all by myself. I’ve never cooked before so I was nervous but excited too。

　　Breakfast was on the table already for me. I ate my breakfast slowly in great relax, and then I studied and played. Several hours passed, I got hungry and heard my stomach shouting. I looked at the watch and it was twelve thirty already. Time went by so fast and it wouldn’t come back again. It was noon, lunch time now. I should have to start my work! I opened the fridge. Wow, cabbages, fruits, meat, so many delicious foods were there. I wanted to eat them right now because I couldn’t tell how hungry I was. But, I didn’t know how to cook them。

　　Finally I saw the frozen rice dumplings. I was so happy like a camel finally found some water in the desert。

　　I started to cook my first lunch by myself quickly. First of all I should boil the water, it looked easy but it was actually very hard for me. I turned the oven button hard, but there was no fire. I turned it again and again. Finally the fire came out and began to boil water. I finally could go to my room for games. I was playing happily when I heard a loud voice of something bumping hard “Tope, tope……” My heart almost bumped out. I ran to the kitchen and turned the fire off. Now it was time to put the rice dumplings into the boiler!

　　I remembered that my mom said the rice balls should be put into the boiled water and they would float up quickly, so I copied that. I put the whole bag of rice balls into the boiled water and got them up soon after I put them down. “Splash”， the rice ball made a loud sound and scared me. I couldn’t wait to taste one, EW! Gross! They were still tough! I would’ve thrown them away but I must eat them, otherwise I would be hungry all the day. These were done by me!!The reason was that I got them out before they were floating on the water, and that meant they were still raw!

　　It was my first cooking experience in my life. I knew how hard my mom worked to cook for me everyday through it although it was not successful. I should study harder so that my mom would work in joy。