IN: So yes , I very selfishly want that again . It 's painful to watch your parents age , to get sick , to suffer . It 's painful when it 's a slow , natural process , when it just sort of hits you that oh , did he always walk that slow ? was her memory always that bad ?
Why is the speaker saddened by the gradual decline of the elderly parents ?

OUT: They care for and love their parents and watching them age is a paniful process

IN: The Selfish Giant ( 3 ) One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music . It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King 's musicians passing by . It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window , but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world .
What might have happened that the giant has n't heard a bird sing in his garden for so long ?

OUT: The giant may have had scared all the birds away from his garden .

IN: Yesterday , I had the opportunity to attend my friend 's college graduation . It was a wonderful event , filled with proud graduates and even prouder family and friends . What made it even more special was that my friend is not in her twenties - the usual age of a college graduate - but in her thirties .
What may be the reason why they are so proud of their friend ?

OUT:
It takes courage to go back to school later in life .