Our cat is dead. My daughter,     1     is just two years old, knows this. But she keeps asking where it’s gone and what has happened to it.

My parents     2    (be) straightforward m admitting they didn’t know what happened after our death when I asked them in my childhood. But I want to give my daughter a slightly     3    (good) answer to her question about the topic than     4    (they).

One day when she asked the same question, I told my daughter that the cat was out in the field, I told her that when animals, including people, died, they were usually put into the ground and that their bodies became     5    (variety) pretty flowers, grasses and trees. I passed my hand over her blonde hair, gently touched her rosy cheeks and checked her     6    (react). She didn’t appear     7    (trouble). Instead, she seemed excited by the thought of one day becoming a flower.

Then, I reached     8     my daughter’s hand and asked her     9    (take) a walk in the field. Together, we saw new leaves growing in the sun and pretty flowers waving in the gentle wind. Suddenly, I realized that although we were bound to become plant fertilizer, we were not the lonely humans aimlessly wandering in the world. We were a part of the earth. We were connected by the beautiful plants in     10     field.