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　　At dusk, when walking across the Central Street in Harbin and stepping into Pisa Restaurant, we watched a 　　1　　 lady coming towards us．She greeted us in 　　2　　 with a bit foreign accent．“Hello!　　3　　 to Pisa Restaurant．”That is Rena, a Russian, and 　　4　　 works as a waitress in Harbin．

　　Since China 　　5　　 the opendoor policy years ago there has been more and more frontier(边界)　　6　　 between China and Russia along the area．Once when Rena and her fellow townsman were traveling in Harbin, she 　　7　　 that Pisa Restaurant intended to hire a Russian girl as a 　　8　　．Rena immediately applied for the job．On 　　9　　 of the fact that she not only could speak English but was 　　10　　 with restaurant service as well, Rena was hired, with a 　　11　　 of 350 yuan per month．

　　Rena is very hard working and all the customers prefer to be 　　12　　 by her due to her cordial smile as 　　13　　 as her nice voice with Russian flavour．Many people have been 　　14　　 to Pisa Restaurant by Rena and wanted to 　　15　　 photos with her．Rena always tries her best to 　　16　　 them．Therefore business is really brisk(兴隆的)in Pisa Restaurant．

　　When we 　　17　　 Rena how she arranged her free time．She told us that on her day 　　18　　 she usually went shopping or went to parks with her Russian friends who were also 　　19　　 in China．Taking photos and shopping are their 　　20　　 hobbies．

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　　Almost everyone has his best friends in the lifetime as Maja does．The young woman entered the pool where an injured dolphin was swimming．Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg．

　　In her second grade, Maja 　　1　　 her cousin, Jasmina．After Jasmina's death, Maja swore she would honor the little girl by 　　2　　 with a dolphin, an animal that both girls 　　3　　．“Jasmina never got the chance to do it, ” says Maja, now 32, “so I 　　4　　 that someday I'd do it for her．”

　　In high school, Maja was 　　5　　 about sports．She even planned to become an athlete．　　6　　 , in 1993, during the civil war in her home country, a bomb 　　7　　 her left leg．

　　After two years’ 　　8　　 in the U．S．, Maja received her first artificial(人造的)leg．But 　　9　　 it didn't fit well, walking for Maja was painful．　　10　　 , she managed to graduate from a local high school．Then after receiving a 　　11　　 from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and 　　12　　 started her own company．

　　To relax, Maja 　　13　　 often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium(水族馆)near her home．A young dolphin, Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her 　　14　　．One day, Maja happened to see trainers 　　15　　 Winter with a high-tech tail．When they were done, Winter swam freely in the water．Maja was 　　16　　．She managed to find the inventors of Winter's tail．Within ten days, she had a new leg which freed her of the 　　17　　 that had troubled her for almost 16 years．

　　Now, Maja was ready to keep her 　　18　　．She went to the aquarium, lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached 　　19　　 , then swam away．After a few minutes, the dollop's hint let Maja 　　20　　 its back．Finally, they began to swim around the pool together．

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　　Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 　　1　　．I wished that someday I'd 　　2　　 and have six children, and at 　　3　　 my house would be full of 　　4　　 and love．

　　I found the 　　5　　 who shared my dream, but we had not 　　6　　 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 　　7　　 he was just six days old．Then nature 　　8　　 us again．Within two years we 　　9　　 two biological children to the family－not as many as we had hoped for, 　　10　　 compared with quiet childhood, three made an entirely satisfactory 　　11　　．

　　　　12　　 our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 　　13　　 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 　　14　　 before we'd finished the Thanksgiving turkey．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 　　15　　 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．

　　Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were right．Our Christmas boy brought 　　16　　 into our lives with his good cheer, his wit(智慧)．He made us 　　17　　 and act better than we were．

　　Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 　　18　　 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 　　19　　 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories remained in every room．We moved to California, leaving 　　20　　 our friends and church．

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