Mickey was a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy.No one could remember ever having seen him 1 ; it seemed he didn't 2 whatever people said to him.Even his teachers admired his good 3 .It was so unusual that a story was going around that Mickey's 4 must be due to some special secret.They asked Mickey so much that he 5 his favorite teacher, Mr.Anthony, to tea one afternoon.When they had finished, Mickey 6 Mr.Anthony around the house.When Mickey opened his bedroom door, the teacher 7 .The huge wall was a unique collage(拼贴画)of thousands of colors and shapes! It was the loveliest decoration Mr.Anthony had ever 8 .
“Some people at school think that I 9 think badly of anyone,” Mickey started to explain, “and that 10 at all bothers me, but that's not true at all.I'm just like anyone else.I used to get angrier than all the other kids. 11 years ago, with the help of my parents, I started a small collage.With every little piece I stuck on, I added some bad thought or act.”
It was 12 .The teacher looked closely at the wall.In each one of the small 13 he could read “fool”, “silly”, “idiot”, “pain”, and a thousand other 14 things.
“This is how I started 15 all my bad times into an opportunity to 16 to my collage.Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn't be 17 .They've given me a new piece for my work of 18 .”
That day, the teacher was impressed by Mickey's 19 to have an optimistic character.Without telling anyone, Mr.Anthony 20 his own collage and he would often recommend it to his students.
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question.“What?”I asked.
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 .We knew the restaurant was extremely good.“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me.
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded.“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie.We will be well 6 .”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river.And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins.
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time.As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten.
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores.People smiled and nodded.“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed.
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said.
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 .It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles.
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church.The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages.
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought. 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 .One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key.”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories.My mom knew the true story, 12 .Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny.
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 .But my mom announced that we were going home 15 .At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church.We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church.There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 :
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night.Happy Easter.