Whenever we do something wrong, Jesus Christ sees it．He loves us and doesn't say it．Perhaps he's wondering how long we'll keep our mind suffering．A little boy named Johnny was visiting his grandparents on their farm and he was given a slingshot(弹弓)to play with out in the woods．He 1 for some time but he could never hit the target he had set for himself．Getting a little 2 , he walked back to the farmhouse for dinner．As he was 3 back, he saw Grandpa's pet duck．Just out of 4 , he let the slingshot fly , hitting it in the head ,and killed it．In a panic, he 5 the dead duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister Sally 6 be watching him．Sally had seen all this, but she said 7 ．After lunch that day Grandma said, “Sally, it's your turn to wash the dishes．” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen．” And then she spoke 8 to him, “Remember the duck？” So Johnny did the dishes．Later that day, Grandpa asked if 9 wanted to go fishing, but Grandma said, “I'm sorry but I need Sally to help me make supper．” But Sally just smiled and said, “Well, that's all right because Johnny told me he was too 10 to help you．And she whispered again, “Remember the duck?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny 11 to help make supper．After several days of doing both his 12 and Sally's, Johnny finally couldn't 13 it any longer．He came to his Grandma and told her that he had killed the duck．Grandma smiled and gave him a big 14 ．“Sweetheart, I know．You see, I was watering the flowers at the window 15 I saw you shoot my duck with the slingshot, and I saw the whole thing．But because I love you, I 16 you．I was just wondering how long you would let Sally 17 of you．”
In reality, no matter how 18 or how uncomfortable it is to admit our wrongdoing, we should always choose to 19 it and work it through instead of running away from it．Hard as it is, it 20 us and makes us who we are．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
