Atlanta was a Greek princess．She was very 1 and could run faster than any man in Greece．But she wasn't 2 to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games．She was so 3 that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who couldn't run faster than her．Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a(an) 4 with him．She said to him,“These are my 5 ．When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run 6 him．If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be 7 ．No one will be pardoned．”
Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it was 8 ．So many of them 9 went home, but others stayed to run the race．There was a man called Hippomenes who was 10 when he heard of Atlanta's rules,“Why are these men so 11 ?”he thought．“Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this 12 ?”However, when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind．“I will 13 Atlanta－or die!”he said．
The race started and although the man ran very 14 , Atlanta did better．As Hippomenes 15 , he thought,“How can I run as fast as her?”He went to ask the Greek Goddness of 16 for help．She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples．She said,“Throw an apple in front of Atlanta 17 she is running past．When she stops to 18 it, you will be able to run past her and win．”Hippomenes took the apples, and went to the 19 ．He said,“I want to marry Atlanta．”The King was 20 to see another man die, but Hippomenes said,“I'll marry her－or die!”So the race began．
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．
