Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go 1 . He liked sitting 2 a window when he was flying, so when he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He 3 all of them taken except one. There was a young man 4 beside it and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one 5 the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.

　　When he 6 it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written 7 large letters, 8 “This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you.” Mr Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane 9 something particularly heavy in its room 10 made it necessary to have the passengers properly 11 . So he walked on and found 12 empty seat, not beside the window 13 .

　　Two or three other people 14 to sit in the window seat 15 the young man, but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly 16 a very beautiful girl 17 into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in, 18 took the notice 19 the seat beside him and 20 succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.

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  Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process．The instructor asked us to list   36  in our past that we felt   37    of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud．

This seemed like a very  38  process, but there' s always some   39 soul in the crowd who will volunteer．The instructor then   40  that we find ways to   41  people, or take some action to right any wrong doings．I was seriously wondering how this could ever  42   my communication．

Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my   43  , I remembered an incident from high school．I grew up in a small town．There was a Sheriff   44  of us kids liked．One night, my two buddies(伙伴) and I decided to play a   45   on him．

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s．o．b．（畜生）．The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious   46  ．Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office．My friends told the truth but I   47 ．No one ever found out.

Nearly 20 years later．Sheriff Brown's name   48   on my list．I didn't even know if he was still   49  ．Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed．I tried his number．After a few   50 , 1 heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff Brown?" Paused．"Yes．" "Well, this is Jimmy Calkins．"

“And I want you to know that I did it?” Paused．“I knew it!” he yelled back．We had a good laugh and a   51  discussion．His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you   52  your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it   53  all these years．I want to thank you for calling me for your sake.”

Jimmy inspired me to   54   all the items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It's never too late to   55  the past wrongdoings．