Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since childhood, spent the weekend with me.Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to the few 1 a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up 2 into the night, talking about the people she was 3 .She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was 4 other self-destructive behavior.I was blown away!She told me 5 she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even 6 out to see the guy.No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved 7 , she didn't believe me.Her self-respect seemed to have 8 .
I tried to 9 her that she was ruining her future and heading for big 10 , but she thought it acceptable to have such a boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and 11 by the experience.It had been so frustrating, I had come 12 to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just 13 too far apart to continue our friendship-but I didn't.I put the 14 of friendship to the final test.We'd been friends for far too long.I had to hope that she 15 me enough to know that I was trying to save her from 16 herself.I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer 17 .
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our 18 , and then she told she had broken up with her boyfriend.I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of 19 running down my face.It was one of the truly 20 moments in my life.
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.