As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to  36  a little pocket money.

One day I  37  on the door of an elderly woman and asked  38  she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in  39  and I showed her my worn  40 , which no longer kept me warm. She  41  me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be  42  now.” She then  43  a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a  44  job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to  45  new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to  46  me with your report card and I will  47  you when I see you have worked hard and have some good  48 . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much  49  as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and  50  so much money that it was  51  for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she  52 . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I  53  her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge  54 this wonderful lady made over my life with her  55 . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to   16   a little pocket money.

    One day I   17   at the door of an elderly woman and asked  18   she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in   19   and I showed her my worn   20  , which no longer kept me warm. She  21   me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be   22   now.” She then   23   a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a   24   job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to   25   new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to   26    me with your report card, and I will   27   you when I see you have worked hard and got some good marks. Now  28   your little hands and take out as much   29   as you can.”

    I put my hands in the jar and grabbed (抓住) so much money that it was  30   for me to buy what I   31  needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she   32  . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I  33   her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the big   34   this wonderful lady made to my life with her  35  . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.