simple past, irregular and regular verbs

There ..............once a girl ......................Maria. She ..............very .............. and sweet. One day she ........a boy with ..............palsy. Many of his classmates .....................fun at him for ..............this desease.

She .................interested in helping the boy and ....................a special connection with him.

Unfortunately, the boy ............with a smile on his face because Maria .........make him happy.

After, twenty years, Maria in memory of this child .............a teacher in the same orphanage where she lived.