续写原题：
   Not until recently have I known that a little pet can be such a helpful assistant to a helpless mom. This is all due to what our new family member, a little kitten named Thula, has done. She seems to understand exactly what Iris needs at any given time.
直到最近，我才知道一只小宠物可以成为无助母亲的助手。这一切都要归功于我们的新家庭成员，一只名叫图拉的小猫所做的一切。她似乎完全理解Iris在任何特定时间需要什么。
  Within a year of my daughters birth in 2015, I already suspected that something was wrong. Even by babies' standards, Iris was a frighteningly bad sleeper. She also appeared unmistakably distant. Besides, after saying "dada" at eight months, she stopped talking. Finally, aged two, she was diagnosed as autistic.
2015年，我的女儿出生后不到一年，我就已经怀疑出了问题。即使以婴儿的标准来看，Iris的睡眠也糟糕得吓人。毫无疑问，她也显得很疏远。此外，在八个月大的时候说了“爸爸”之后，她就不再说话了。最后，两岁的她被诊断为自闭症
   In fact, after a long process of trial and error, I found activities that obviously did help her, including music and riding on the back of her dad's bike. Above all, Iris showed a remarkable talent for art: producing large multi-layered Impressionist-style paintings that took her several days and that once led to the Leicester Mercury headline, "Top artist aged 3."
事实上，经过漫长的试错过程，我发现了一些明显对她有帮助的活动，包括音乐和骑她爸爸的自行车。最重要的是，Iris表现出了非凡的艺术天赋：她花了几天时间创作了大型多层印象派风格的画作，这一度成为莱斯特水星报的头条新闻，“3岁的顶级艺术家”
   Iris did make progress, but by no means steadily, with promising developments often followed by periods of regression(退步).
Iris确实取得了进展，但绝非稳定，有希望的发展往往伴随着一段时间的倒退(退步)
   One night, Iris refused to sleep. As her frustrations mounted, she started to cry, and her sobs filled the quiet room. I felt so hopeless as I held her close. Nothing seemed to comfort
 her apart from her favorite book and I longed for some help, but she pushed away all who tried except me, making me on the edge of breaking down.
一天晚上，Iris拒绝睡觉。当她的沮丧情绪越来越大时，她哭了起来，安静的房间里充满了她的哭泣。我抱着她，感到绝望。除了她最喜欢的书之外，似乎没有什么能安慰她，我渴望得到一些帮助，但她推开了除了我之外的所有人，让我濒临崩溃。
   Downstairs, my husband looked at Thula in surprise who had suddenly got up off his lap. Her eyes focused towards the door and she had one foot raised perfectly poised in the air. Something had grabbed her attention-the crying of Iris. Then her legs were moving fast. Zooming round the corner, she flew up the stairs into Iris's bedroom and jumped onto the bed. She curled up next to Iris, ignored the crying and started grooming herself, licking her paws and rubbing them over her ears.
在楼下，我丈夫惊讶地看着突然从腿上爬起来的图拉。她的眼睛盯着门，一只脚在空中完美地抬起。有什么东西引起了她的注意——Iris的哭泣。然后她的腿在快速移动。她转过街角，飞上楼梯，进入Iris的卧室，跳到床上。她蜷缩在Iris旁边，无视哭声，开始梳理自己，舔爪
子，在耳朵上摩擦。
Paragraph1: Most immediately, Iris's mood changed.
第1段：Iris的情绪立刻发生了变化。
Paragraph2:I was curious about the silence, then returned to the door of Iris's room and looked in. 
第2段：我对寂静感到好奇，然后回到Iris房间的门前往里看。
文本分析：
故事大意：我的女儿在八个月的时候表现出很多的异常，最终在两岁时确诊了自闭症。虽然骑单车,听音乐对她有帮助，但Iris的情绪经常反复无常。这一天晚上，Iris不睡觉。脾气越来越大，还大哭起来，十分令人绝望。我家的小猫图拉过来，无视女儿的哭闹，开始梳理自己，舔爪子，在耳朵上摩擦。
续写情节：
本文的结构清晰，续写的两段内容基本也在一定的框架内，难度不大。
第一段，着重描写一、Iris的心情到底如何变化（明显是由坏转好）；二、Iris和猫的互动；三、我出房间，把空间让给他们或者我自己回房休息；四、Iris不再哭闹，房间里很安静（和第二段的衔接）。
第二段需要描写一、Iris和猫已经入睡（或者安静地阅读也可）；she解散了二、在猫的帮助下，Iris出现的一系列变化（可以参照原文Iris因自闭症出现的症状）；三、回扣第一段，点题。
语言积累：
1.Not until recently have I known that a little pet can be such a helpful assistant to a helpless mom.
（not until否定词放句首，句子要半倒装）
2.She seems to understand exactly what Iris needs at any given time.
（what引导名词性从句，做understand的宾语）
3. In fact, after a long process of trial and error, I found activities that obviously did help her.
(did强调动词help,以为“的确，确实”
4.As her frustrations mounted, she started to cry, and her sobs filled the quiet room.
（无灵主语）
5. She pushed away all who tried except me, making me on the edge of breaking down.
（现在分词做结果状语）
 下水文：
 Most importantly, Iris's mood changed. She shuddered to a stop and her eyes fell enquiringly on the cat. Tears still hovering beneath her eyelashes, she gently scooped the cat into her arm. Thula snuggled up to Iris's neck and tickled her, sending waves of giggles rippling in the room. Longing for some rest, I struggled up and retired into my own bedroom, hoping that the cat could keep Iris occupied for a longer period of time and most i
mportantly, cheer her up. Eyelids heavy, I half shut my eyes but pricked up my ears lest Iris should break into violent sobs again. It took a while for the bursts of laughter to die down, yet quite contrary to my expectation, complete silence ensued. 
   I was curious about the silence, then returned to the door of Iris's room and looked in. Lying spread-eagled on the bed, Iris was snoring slightly, her breath even. Thula had converted Iris from a frighteningly bad sleeper into a sound one. Curling into a ball beside her, Thula let out strings of contented purrs. Safe in the knowledge that the two buddies were in a deep slumber, I tucked them in, flipped off the light and tiptoed out. The following days witnessed a gradual bonding between the two. Instead of being unmistakably distant, Iris began to engage in more active conversations with the cat and also with us. Besides, her sleeping pattern took a turn for the better. Thula, the little pet, was such a helpful assistant to a helpless mom. 
【参考范文】
Almost immediately, Iris’s mood changed. She stopped crying and giggled at Thula’s huge
ears as they were folded down forward and then pinged back(反弹回来). It was a performance like nothing I had seen before, combining comedy with beauty. Iris relaxed, put down her book and looked at the kitten with great joy. Seizing the opportunity, I slipped out of the room and waited at the bottom of the stairs, listening for the inevitable crying that would take me back to her side. Moments later, there was silence: no giggling, no pages being turned, and no cries.