[简答题]TOPIC: What kind of mother was Mrs. Baker in the story "Selling thePost"? Mrs. Baker was a good mother. First of all, she was sensible. She loved her children, but never indulged them. She hoped her son would become a businessman. But when she found that her boy was not a bit interested in business, and that he had talent for writing, she encouraged him to become a writer instead. Secondly, Mrs. Baker was very strict with her son, but she was not always criticizing him. She educated the boy in a proper way. She criticized the boy for staying up late. When the boy failed to sell a single copy of the magazine, she encouraged him to try again. When he bought apples instead of candy with some of the money they bad earned, she praised him, saying apples were good for children. She was the person who influenced the boy a lot in the course of his growth.