Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasured moments．One of the most unforgettable 1 when I was teaching second 2 10 years ago．
In May I decided to plan something special for the children; a Mother's Day tea．We had put our heads together to 3 ideas of how to 4 our mothers．We practiced singing songs, memorized poems and wrote cards．We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother's Day．I was surprised and 5 to learn that every mother was planning to attend．I 6 invited my own mother．
Finally, the big day arrived．Each child 7 up at our classroom door, expecting the arrival of his or her mom． 8 it got closer to starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy．His mother hadn't shown up and he was looking 9 ．
I took my mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy．“Jimmy,”I said,“I have a bit of problem here and I was 10 if you could keep my mother 11 while I'm busy．”
My mom and Jimmy sat at a table．Jimmy 12 my mom her treats, presented her with the gift I had made, just as we had 13 the day before．Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in deep 14 ．
Now 10 years later, I work with students of all ages, educating them about the environment．Last year, I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy, I had the students complete an outline of the day's 15 and an evaluation of our trip．Then I collected the students' booklets and checked them to see if 16 was completed．When I came 17 Jimmy's page, he had written“Remember our Mother's Day tea we had in second grade, Mrs, Marra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too．”
I told him I really enjoyed what he had written．He looked rather embarrassed and 18 his own thanks and walked away．Suddenly he ran back and gave me a big hug．“Thanks again．No one even knew my mother didn't 19 it．”
I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who had 20 stopped hugging teachers years ago．
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．
