Cheerful Charlie was a very special boy.When he was still in his mother's tummy(肚子), she had had an accident, which 1 that Charlie couldn't walk.But that had never been a(n) 2 for him; he had always been happy.When he became older, they had started calling him Cheerful Charlie because of his joyful and 3 nature.He really brightened everything up for those around him.
There wasn't a postman, or a taxi driver who wasn't 4 to see Charlie.“Cheer up, Mr Postman, that way you'll 6 more letters today!” he would say, or “That was great, Mr Taxi Driver.You 6 that thing better than anyone else.” He also had great ideas and 7 for everything; and he shared them so 8 that, just about every day in that town, someone did a great job, or 9 something new, thanks to Charlie's ideas.
One day, though, he came up against a real 10 .A young boy came to town on his holidays.He was known as Waterworks and was a real crybaby.No matter what Charlie said to him, Waterworks would always find some 11 to be sad:“I don't have many sweets…my parents didn't buy me that toy…” Everything seemed so bad to him.But Cheerful Charlie wasn't going to be 12 , and he kept spending more time with Waterworks, 13 trying to cheer him up, just as he did with everyone.
Then, one day, when they were together in the street, someone 14 a pie from a window above by chance, and it landed 15 on Charlie's head.He got such a fright that he couldn't even move his lips.He was speechless, and 16 Waterworks was just about to cry, he 17 Charlie's happy words so much that he finally said, “Wow, Charlie, that's a nice clown mask(小丑面具)you just 18 !”
On saying those words, Waterworks felt so 19 that he finally understood why Charlie was always so happy and cheerful.He realized that he was so used to Charlie's enthusiasm that he couldn't help but see the fun 20 of everything.
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.