A farmer planted willow trees (柳树) every  year and even.* year they were stolen.

One year. however, he hind (雇佣) a man to look after the trees,  1  they were still missing more or less. To his surprise, a child asked for the job. More than ten   2　passed and not a single willow  tree was missing. "You are   3  ! How do you look after them?" the child was asked.

"The willows were usually stolen at night, so every evening  I  4  them up. Keep them in my own house and plant them  5 the next morning. This method (方法) has been very  safe!"　

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Please give me a call and let me know ________you will come back for dinner.

Think back to a time in your life when you tried something new.
When I was a teenager I volunteered to pass out water at a local race. I was so excited to see all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some ran past，some walked past and a few wheeled past.
I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! The next year I decided to run for the race，but I had little running practice. I just wanted to finish.
On the day of the race，it was terribly hot. After running for about 5 miles，I was thinking，“I must be crazy. Why did I do this? What was I thinking？” And at one moment，I said to myself，“I am never doing this again！”
That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged (慢跑)，I walked，I jogged and walked. At times，I didn’t know if I could finish.
Near the end，a 70­year­old man ran past me，very fast，and I felt a little embarrassed (尴尬的) that I was more than 50 years younger than he and I couldn’t even keep up with him. But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. How often in life do we compare(比较) ourselves to others when we really shouldn’t? I decided that I would not give up on running races，and that one day I would be one of those 70­year­olds who were still running.
As I crossed the finishing line，I was proud of myself. I didn’t regret (后悔) having such an experience.
【小题1】What did the writer do at a local race as a volunteer?