Sharon wrote this when she was 16 and in the llth grade．Her goal is to become an international diplomat(外交官)and peace-maker．
It was my first day at school．I felt 1 and scared．I went to all my classes with no 2 ．It felt like no one 3 ．I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for lunch 4 at 1∶00．Then finally the bell rang．It was time to talk and have 5 ．
In the lunch line I met a new friend who wore a hijab(穆斯林妇女戴的面纱)on her head, and though I am 6 , we got along fine, and I was so 7 when she said, “Sit with us, at our table．” She pointed to the one next to the door．
So I 8 , and took my tray and was 9 to walk with her across the floor, when suddenly I felt a jog．“Hey, I saw you on the bus,” said a tall girl in a long skirt．”I see your Jewish star necklace．You 10 sit with us．”
At that moment I looked around, and that's when I 11 , to my surprise, the nations of the world, 12 themselves．That’s what I saw through my own eyes．
The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians, and 13 the Arabs with the Jews．
I saw the reason why 14 got started．Everyone 15 to their own kind．The 16 was just like a map of the world, where there should never have been so much separation among nations．But why was everyone so 17 ?
And so I turned 18 this girl, and went with the first, and there was no offence, I built a 19 between two worlds when I sat with those 20 from me．
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．
