Steve Morris was not a typical child．But when he was nine, his 1 to be typical was very strong．Of all the people Steve remembered, one woman, his primary-school teacher, Mrs Beneduci, 2 in his mind．Mrs Beneduci was a wise person．She realized that mere words to a kid 3 not carry much weight．So instead, with the secret aid of a little mouse, she found a 4 to show Steve his real talent．
One day Mrs Beneduci began her 5 with the question：who was Abraham Lincoln?Amy was required to answer it．She said in a 6 voice,“Uh…he, uh, had a beard．”The students burst into 7 ．“Steve?”said the teacher．Steve stood up and 8 confidently,“He was the 16th President of the United States．”
9 with Steve's performance, the teacher then added that Abraham Lincoln had been President during the Civil War…Then she stopped, 10 she was listening to something．It sounded like a mouse．The little girls screamed．Some stood on their chairs．Mrs Beneduci tried to 11 the students down, and asked Steve to find the poor little creature．
Steve sat straight up in his chair and asked everybody to be 12 ．In the sudden stillness he raised his head, hesitated for a moment, and 13 to the wastebasket．“He's right over there!”said Steve 14 “I can hear him!”
And so he was：a frightened little mouse that was 15 beneath the wastepaper, hoping to go 16 ．Nature gave him a remarkable pair of 17 to make up for his blindness．In the heart of small, sightless Steve a pride was born, and that pride is with him still． 18 the incident, Mrs Beneduci would continue to 19 his talent, and she always reminded Steve of the little mouse．
A little mouse gave a small boy 20 ．Steve Morris is now a singer who is popular all over the world．
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．
