Telling the truth is a very good habit．If you 1 speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of 2 ! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of 3 things, but his promise to tell the truth 4 him．
Once a man came to a teacher and said, “Excuse me, but I have many bad 5 ．Which one of them should I 6 first?”The teacher said, “Give up telling 7 first and always speak the truth．”The man promised to do so and went home．
At night the man was about to go out to steal．Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the 8 he made with the teacher．“ 9 tomorrow the teacher asks me where I have been, what shall I say？Shall I say that I went out 10 ? No, I cannot say that．But nor can I lie．If I tell the truth, 11 will start hating me and call me a thief．I would be 12 for stealing．”
So the man 13 not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit．The next day, he 14 drinking wine．When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the teacher if he asks me what I did during the day？I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will 15 me, because a Muslim is not 16 to drink wine．”And so he gave up the 17 of drinking wine．
In this way, 18 the man thought of doing something bad, he 19 his promise to tell the truth．One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very 20 person．
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．
