Hoping to award her young son's progress on the piano, a mother hopefully took her boy to a Paderewski concert．After they were 1 , gladly, the mother 2 a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to 3 her．
4 the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and 5 explored his way through a door 6 “NO ADMITTANCE”．When the house lights dimmed and the 7 was about to begin, the mother said goodbye to her friend and returned to her seat, only to find that the child was missing．
8 , the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive piano on 9 ．In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, 10 picking out “Twinkle, Twinkly Little Star”．
At that moment, the great piano master made his 11 , quickly moved to the piano, and 12 in the boy's ear, “Don't quit．Keep playing．”
Then leaning over, Paderewsik reached down with his 13 hand and began filling in a bass part．Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato (助奏)．Together, the old master and the boy 14 a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience．The 15 was attracted completely．
Actually, that's the way it is in life．What we can accomplish on our own is 16 worthy of notice．We try our best, 17 the results aren't exactly graceful flowing music．But when we 18 in the hands of a Greater Power, our life's work truly can be beautiful．
19 you set out to accomplish great feats, 20 carefully．You can hear the voice of the master, whispering in your ear, “Don't quit．Keep playing．”
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．
