A broken window 窗户破了

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我和朋友扔石子玩时，不小心打破了邻居的窗户。由于害怕被责骂，我逃离了现场。但逃跑后的我心里一直忐忑不安。我会被发现并被责骂吗？邻居发现窗户破了会怎么做呢？

I have already forgotten the name of that old lady. Yet I still remember the matter as if it happened yesterday. It is she who teaches me a lesson in forgiveness.

It happened when I was twelve years old. That summer holiday， I planned to earn some pocket money by delivering the newspaper in our neighborhood. And she was a customer on my paper route. She was a kind lady and every time I gave her the paper， she would give me some cookies.

On a mindless Saturday afternoon， a friend and I were throwing rocks onto the roof of the old ladys house from a quiet spot in her backyard. The purpose of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles （导弹） as they rolled to the roof s edge and shot out into the yard like comets （彗星） falling from the sky.

I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride. The stone was too smooth， however， so it slipped from my hand as I let it go. Seeing it headed straight for a small window on the old ladys back porch （门廊）， we stood there， numb with fear. The sound of broken glass awoke us from the fear and the next second， we ran away from the old ladys yard faster than any of our missiles flowing off her roof.

After coming back home， I was so scared of getting caught that I dared not go out that whole afternoon. I stayed at home， glancing at my front yard nervously from time to time， feeling that lady would knock at our door at any time. But until I went to bed， what I was afraid didnt happen. Lying in bed， I wondered whether she didnt discover the broken window or she didnt discover who had done it？ That was a sleepless night.

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Useful sentence patterns

1. I still remember the matter as if it happened yesterday.

分析：as if从句用了虚拟语气。（剩余2018字）

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