Courage is a big, tough word that no child should have to know, but too often they do．When they do, courage takes on a whole new meaning．
Alex was diagnosed(诊断)with cancer on September 13, 2008．On that dark night, his mother was 1 after hearing the diagnosis, but she kept up her 2 , went into Alex’s room in the hospital and lay down beside him．
“When I told Alex, he 3 over and patted my arm and said, ‘It will be OK, Mama,’” said Kim Morgan．“His 4 was for me, not for himself．But that’s Alex．He is the most 5 little boy that I have ever known．He always 6 others before himself．He is amazing, and he has so much 7 ．”
In fact, five years ago, Alex’s father, Ron Morgan was also 8 with cancer．He 9 the disease and the treatments well, but he also kept his 10 from others．
“We really didn’t want people to 11 ,”Kim Morgan said．“But by 12 Ron’s illness from others, we kept blessings from them 13 people really want to help．But when Alex was diagnosed, we got on the telephone and started 14 people．By church time on Sunday morning, there was 15 a church in Pike County that didn’t have Alex on its prayer list．We 16 so much the prayers and the concern of the people of Pike County．”
“That Ron had 17 the cancer and had done so well was a great encouragement to all of us,” Morgan said．They knew that cancer could be fought and 18 ．Also there was a lot of 19 in their little boy．“Alex is a(n) 20 ,”Morgan said．“Whatever he does, he gives it his all．And we knew that he would have the courage to do whatever it took to fight this disease．”
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．
