Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was failing．Surprisingly, he could read, yet, 1 his reading skills, Steve had been failing since first grade．Steve was a big boy, yet, he went unnoticed… 2 Miss White．
Miss White was a smiling, beautiful, young lady．For the first time in his 3 life, Steve couldn’t take his eyes off his teacher; yet, 4 he failed．In the middle of the first term, the entire seventh grade was 5 for basic skills．Steve hurried through his tests, and 6 to dream of other things, as the day passed slowly．One day, Miss White’s 7 voice broke into his daydreams．“Steve!” Startled(吓了一跳), he 8 to look at her．“Pay attention!” She began to 9 the test results．“You all did pretty well,” she told the class, “ 10 one boy, and it breaks my 11 to tell you this, but…” She hesitated, pinning Steve to his seat with a sharp 12 ．“…The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!”
After that, Steve still 13 do his homework．“Just try it,” Miss White said one day．“Steve! Please! I care about you!” Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it! Someone cared about him? Someone, so beautiful and perfect, cared about him! Steve went home from school, 14 , that afternoon．
The following Monday he arrived at school on time, and waited for Miss White to enter the classroom．She walked in, all sparkle and smiles! Immediately, she gave a 15 on the weekend homework．Steve was the first to 16 his paper．With a look of 17 , Miss White took his paper．Steve walked back to his desk, his heart beating strongly within his chest．
Miss White’s face was in total 18 ! Suddenly, her face broke into a bright smile．The
smartest boy in the seventh grade had just 19 his first test! From that moment 20 was the same for Steve．
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．
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