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　　A young man who was very poor was traveling across the country, trying to make a new start for himself．Along the way he had completely run out of 　　1　　 and was forced to spend the night in his car．

　　This continued until one 　　2　　, after a week of sleeping in his car, he walked nervously into a 　　3　　 and ordered a big meal．　　4　　 eating his first good meal in weeks, he found himself 　　5　　 to the waiter, telling him he had lost his 　　6　　．The waiter, who was also the owner, walked behind the chair where the young man had been 　　7　　．

　　He bent down and came up with a ＄20 bill which looked 　　8　　 it had fallen on the floor．“Son, you must have 　　9　　 this,”the owner said．The young man couldn't 　　10　　 his luck!He 　　11　　 paid for the breakfast, left a tip, bought gas with the change, and 　　12　　 away．

　　On the way out of town, he thought to himself,“Maybe 　　13　　 dropped the money at all．Maybe the 　　14　　 just knew I was in trouble and he helped me in a way that didn't 　　15　　 me．I really need to thank him．And also I should 　　16　　 from him．Oh, Lord, if you put me in a position to help other people, I will 　　17　　 it．”

　　Now the man lives near Kansas City．Each year he 　　18　　 thousands of dollars．He is known as the“Secret Santa”, 　　19　　 at Christmas time each year, he personally hands money out to those in 　　20　　 on the street and at restaurants．In 2007, he gave more than ＄50, 000 away in Kansas City and New York City．

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　　A man came home from work late again,tired and irritated(烦躁的),to find his 5?year?old son waiting for him at the door．“Daddy,how much money do you make an hour?”

　　“What makes you ask such a thing?” the man said 　　1　　．

　　“Please tell me．” begged the little boy．

　　“If you 　　2　　 know, I make ＄20.00 an hour．”

　　“Oh,” the little boy replied, head 　　3　　．

　　Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I 　　4　　 ＄10.00,please?”

　　The father was angry．“I work long, 　　5　　 hours every day and feel tired．March yourself straight to your room and go to bed．Think about why you’re being so 　　6　　．” The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door．The man sat down, angry with his son．　　7　　 an hour or so, the man had 　　8　　 down, and started to think he may have been a little 　　9　　 on his son．Maybe there was something he really 　　10　　 to buy with that ＄10.00．The man went to the 　　11　　 of the little boy’s room and opened it．

　　“I’ve been 　　12　　．Maybe I was too hard on you earlier．It’s been a long day and I threw my 　　13　　 out on you．Here’s that ＄10.00 you asked for．” said the man．The little boy sat 　　14　　 up, pleased．“Oh, thank you, daddy” he yelled．Then, he 　　15　　 out some more crumpled up(褶皱的)bills from under the pillow．The man, 　　16　　 that the boy already had money, started to get angry again．The little boy slowly 　　17　　 out his money．“Why did you want more money if you already had some?” the father complained．

　　“Because I didn’t have 　　18　　, but now I do,” the little boy replied．

　　“Daddy, I have ＄20.00 now．Can I buy an hour of your time?”

　　　　19　　 ＄20.00 worth of time with someone you love…just a short reminder to all of us working so hard for our living．Just spend some quality time with those who really 　　20　　 to us．

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　　Once I went to a railway station near New York．I 　　1　　t o take the night train there．　　2　　 of people were pushing into the 　　3　　 train．I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in a sleeping car, 　　4　　 he said sharply, “No, you can't．The train is full．Don't 　　5　　 me any more．”

　　I was 　　6　　 indeed．I said to the friend who was with me, “He talked to me like this 　　7　　 he doesn't know that I am a famous writer．If he knew…”But before I could 　　8　　 my sentence my friend said,“ Don't be 　　9　　．How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no 　　10　　 seats on the train．” I was 　　11　　 he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain．But he only replied, “I told you not to trouble me any more．”

　　Just then I 　　12　　 a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me．He whispered(低语)something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very 　　13　　, “Do you need help, sir?” “I 　　14　　 do” I answered．

　　The porter took our boxes and we got on to the train．When the porter saw we were comfortably 　　15　　 in our places, he said, “Now, Is there anything you want, sir? Because you can have whatever you 　　16　　．”

　　After the porter had 　　17　　, my friend looked ashamed(羞愧的)．He said, “I am 　　18　　 I said those things to you just now…” Just then the porter came again and said, “Oh, sir, I 　　19　　 you immediately．” “Really?” I said happily．“Of course,” he said, “I recognized you the 　　20　　 I saw you and told the conductor that you are Mr．Smith, the mayor(市长)of New York City．”