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| John and I were on our way to St. Louis, Missouri, for a quick trip of job interviews. His job 1 him to move, and, even 2 we weren't engaged yet, he asked me to move with him. We had discussed getting married and already looked at 3 . John even asked my parents 4 their blessing. Everything was set, though we weren't officially engaged. As we 5 our plane, we found our seats and we sat waiting for departure. I noticed one of the 6 leave the plane. When he returned we were ready for the plane to 7 . The captain made the usual 8 : altitude(高度), weather, arrival time, my name. What? Did I just hear my name? My heart started 9 heavily. Did I do something 10 ? Even with all of these thoughts racing through my mind, I somehow(不管怎么说) heard every word: " Attention please. Lynette, John Helms would like to know 11 you would spend the rest of your life with him. If you accept, please 12 the 'call' button 13 the attendants(服务员) will be with you shortly." My eyes filled with tears. When John opened a small ring box and smiled, I 14 . "Yes." He placed the ring on my hand and we embraced(拥抱) as the other passengers 15 . I was 16 to push the call button. But I couldn't reach it with my seatbelt(安全带) still fastened, so John gladly pressed it for me. All three attendants 17 , one carrying a bottle of champagne(香槟). As we landed and approached out gate, the 18 again included us in his announcements. "Congratulations to the newly engaged couple. On behalf of(代表) the entire crew , let me wish you the best." John thanked the flight attendants for helping with his plan. It was then 19 we learned that the pilot had left the plane earlier to get the bottle of 20 for us! | ||||
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John lived all alone because his wife had died. He had worked hard as a tailor all his life, but misfortune had left him penniless. He had 16 sons, but they only had time to 17 and eat dinner with their father once a week.
18 the old man grew weaker and weaker, and his sons came by to see him less and less. He often worried 19 would become of him, until at last he thought of a plan.
The next morning he went to see his friend, the carpenter, and asked him to make a large 20. Then the locksmith, and asked him for an old 21 . Finally the glassblower for all the broken pieces of glass he 22 . The old man took the chest home, filled it to the 33 with broken glass, locked up tight and put it beneath his 24 .
“What’s in this chest?” his sons asked, looking under the table.
“Oh, nothing,” the old man replied, “just some things I’ve been 25 .” They kicked it and heard a rattling inside. “It must be full of all the gold he’s saved over the years,” they 26 to one another.
So they talked it over and realized they needed to 27 the treasure. They decided to 28 living with the old man, and 29 they could look after him, too. So the first week the youngest moved in, the second week the middle and the third week the eldest. This 30 for some time.