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A Brother Like ThatA friend of mine named Paul received an auto-mobile from his brother as a Christmas present. 1 Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shiny new car, 2 it. “Is this your car, Mister?” he asked.
Paul nodded. “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was 3 . “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you 4 . Boy I wish…” He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to 5 he had a brother like that. But what the boy said moved Paul a lot.
“A wish,” the boy went 6 , “That I could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then he added, “Would you like to take a 7 in my automobile?”
“Oh yes, I'd love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Mister, would you mind 8 in front of my house”
Paul 9 a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home 10 a big automobile. But Paul was wrong 11 . “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up the steps. Then in a little 12 Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled(残废的) 13 . He sat him down on the bottom step and pointed to the car.
There she is, Buddy, just like I told you 14 . His brother 15 it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And 16 day I'm going to give you 17 just like it… then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you 18 .
Paul got 19 and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The 20 older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he had said:“It is more blessed to give…”
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A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown.As it was the rush hour and she was in a__1__to catch a train, she__2__a quick way to reach it.“I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!" the driver said__3__." You don't think I know the best way to go?" The woman tried to explain that she hadn't __4__to annoy him, but the driver kept__5__. She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be__6__, so she changed her__7__. "You know, you are right," she told him. "It must seem__8__for me not to think you know the best way__9__the city." __10__, the driver glanced at his__11__in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. "He didn't say another word the rest of the ride," she said. "__12__I got out and paid him.Then he thanked me." When you find yourself__13__with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to__14__your idea. It can lead to longer arguments,the loss of job chances or the__15__of marriages. I have discovered one simple__16__extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from__17__in a disaster. The__18__is to put yourself in the other person's shoes and look for the__19__in what that person is saying. Find a way to__20__, and the result may surprise you. | ||||
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