Filled with sorrow, I didn't notice the hardness of the chair I was sitting on．I was at the funeral of my 1 ．The hurt was so intense, and I found it hard to 2 at times．
Suddenly, I heard a 3 open and slam shut at the back of the church．Quick 4 hurried along the floor．A young man looked around in a 5 and then sat next to me．His eyes were full of tears．
“I'm 6 ,” he explained, though no explanation was 7 ．After several eulogies(悼文), he leaned over and commented, “Why do they keep 8 Mary by the name of ‘Margaret'?” “Because that was her name, Margaret．Never Mary,” I 9 ．“No, that isn't correct,” he insisted．“Her name is Mary, Mary Peters．” “That isn't 10 this is,” I replied．“Isn't this the Lutheran church?” “No, the Lutheran church is across the street．I believe you're at the 11 funeral, sir．”
The solemnness(庄严)of the occasion 12 with the realization of the man's mistake bubbled(充溢)up inside me and came out as 13 ．I peeked at the misguided man seated beside me．He was laughing, 14 ．I imagined Mother laughing．At the 15 “Aman”, we darted out a door and into the parking lot．
“I do believe we'll be the 16 of the town,” he smiled．He said his name was Rick and that 17 he had missed his aunt's funeral, he asked me out for a cup of coffee．That afternoon began a lifelong 18 for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral．A year after our meeting, we were 19 at a country church．This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time．
Whenever anyone asks us how we 20 , Rick tells them, “Her mother and my aunt Mary introduced us．”
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．
