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　　As the train approached① the seaside town where I was going to spend my holiday, I went into the corridor to 　　1　　 my legs．I stayed there for a short while, breathing in the fresh sea air and 　　2　　 a few words with one of the passengers, whom I had met earlier on the 　　3　　．When I turned to go back to 　　4　　, I happened to glance into the compartment(车厢)next to mine．Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbor．He was a great 　　5　　, I remembered; it used to take hours to 　　6　　 him once he began a conversation．I was not at all 　　7　　 when he went to live in another part of London．We had not met since then, 　　8　　 did I wish to meet him now, when 　　9　　 was about to begin．Luckily at that moment he was 　　10　　 busy talking to the man opposite him to catch sight of me．I slipped back into my compartment, took down my two suitcases and carried them to the far end of the corridor so as to be ready to 　　11　　 the train as soon as it stopped．The moment the train came to a halt②, I called a porter, who in no time at all had carried my luggage out of the station and 　　12　　 me a taxi．As I drove towards my small hotel on the outskirts of the town, I breathed a deep sigh of relief at my 　　13　　．There was little chance that I should 　　14　　 my boring former again．

　　When I reached the hotel, I went 　　15　　 to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner．Then I went down to the dining room and 　　16　　 a drink．I had barely raised the glass to my lips 　　17　　 an all too familiar voice greeted me．I had not escaped from the tiresome neighbor 　　18　　!He grasped me warmly by the hand and insisted that we 　　19　　 a table in the dinning-room．“This is a pleasant 　　20　　,”I never expected to see you again after all these years．

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　　With excitement and enthusiasm we started our small business．No longer were we 　　1　　 to have a weekly paycheck(工资)．We now were on our own to 　　2　　 an income to provide us with the money to live．I was a little 　　3　　 about our ability to do this．But, Byron believed in our products, and believed in our ability to 　　4　　．

　　We invested heavily in producing a number of products, 　　5　　 none of them are popular with customers．The market gave us so heavy a 　　6　　 that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses．

　　We now had our money 　　7　　 in the booth(货摊)that we had rented for the summer and fall months．We had a lot of money 　　8　　 up in materials．So we did not have enough money to 　　9　　 our monthly bills．We were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads．

　　As we discussed our 　　10　　, I happened to read the words by Mary Pickford：“If you have made mistakes…there is always another chance for you…you may have a 　　11　　 start any moment you choose, for this thing we call‘Failure’is not falling down, but 　　12　　 down．”

　　The words strengthen my determination and Byron's 　　3　　 that we could succeed．We did fall down, but we were 　　14　　 not to stay down!So, we stepped back and refocused．We came up with new products using remaining 　　15　　．We redesigned our booth．We reconsidered our pricing system．And, we started making enough money to pay our 　　16　　．

　　If we had done nothing, if we allowed ourselves to“stay down”, then we would have 　　17　　．But we made the choice to learn from our 　　18　　, and we moved forward with more determination．These words 　　19　　 a much better idea on failure－a chance for a fresh start!The most important point here is“choice”because you decide how you 　　20　　 your failure, you decide if you stay down．

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