John Perry stood up and looked around again.The island had been a good place to find shells.But now how could he make the 1 move out to sea…?If they swam out to sea he could jump in and get to shore 2 they saw him.
He saw the sharks rolling and playing.Their 3 was now gone and they were killing for fun.How could he make them move away?
He drew his knife from his belt.Sharks can 4 blood, he thought.He put the knife against his leg and cut deep into the 5 .The blood ran out and he caught it on his white shirt.When the shirt was red and wet, he tied some cloth around his leg to 6 the flow of blood.He then tied a long piece of cloth to the shirt, threw it into the water and 7 it with the piece of cloth.
The sharks smelled the blood and came 8 toward the shirt.He ran down the sand reef, pulling the shirt and the sharks raced after it.He was 9 them away from shore.Suddenly he dropped the cloth, turned toward the 10 and ran as fast as he could.He jumped in the water and swam.
He was halfway across 11 he turned to look back.A high bony fin(鳍)was 12 through the water toward him.He put his face in the water and kicked and splashed(拍打)himself 13 as fast as he could.The shore was near now.
He lifted his head again to 14 and he saw the shore very near.From behind he felt the water rush toward him, almost pushing him, helping him.And then a great gray body hit him and almost rolled him over in the water.He touched the shore with 15 and he pulled himself up the stones.The shark, 16 by the smell of blood and the chase(追逐), went wildly after him.Its great body crashed against 17 .
The end came quickly and the water was covered with the shark's blood.The injured shark was eaten up 18 by others as it tried to escape.
Perry slowly struggled 19 his feet.
“So,”he said,“you did not get me.”And he looked down at the sharks still eating 20 they weren't hungry.He climbed up the stones and walked toward the village.
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football.I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members.I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it.This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech.They said their son really wanted to play football.They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team.
When they told me his name, my heart sank.Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds.He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports.I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player.But we told them we could give it a try.
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track.I 13 my eye on Michael.At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet.“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on. 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up.
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically.By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him.
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.