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     The Thanksgiving Day____1____ (come) ;a school teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a
picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children___2___poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. But she knew that __3__0f them would draw pictures of turkeys or
tables with food. The teacher was surprised___4___the picture Douglas handed in-a smile childishly drawn hand.
     But___5___ hand? The class was puzzled by the abstract image. "I think it ___6___ be the hand of
God that brings us food," said one child. " ___7___ farmer."  said another, " because he grows the
turkeys. " Finally when the others were at work , the teacher bent over Douglas' desk and asked whose
hand it was. "It's    8    hand, Teacher, " he answered.
     She recalled that frequently after class she had taken Douglas , a short lonely child by the __9  . She
often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone's
Thanksgiving,not for the material things   10   ( give) to us but for the chance,in whatever small way , to
give to others.

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James's New Bicycle James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully__1__the coins that lay on the bed,$24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was al least $90! ____2____on earth was hegoing to get the ___3___of the money? He knew that his fnriends all had bicycles. It was ___4____ to hangaround with people when you were the only one without wheels. Hethought about what he could do. There was no ____5____ asking hisparents,for he knew they had no money to ___6____ There was only one way to get money ,and that was to____7____ it.He would have to find a job. ___8____who would hire him and whatcould he do? He decided to ask Mr Clay for advice ,who usually had____9___on most things. "Well,you can start right here, "said Mr Clay."My windowsneed cleaning and my car needs washing." That was the ___10__ of James' odd-job (零工)business. Forthree months he worked every day after finishing bis homework. He was amazed by the ___11____of jobs that people found for him to do.He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books.He lost count of the ___12____of cars he washed andwindows he cleaned,but the ___13___increased and he knew that hewould soon have ___14___for the bicycle he longed for. The day __15__came when James counted his money andfound $94.32. He __16___no time and went down to the shop topick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode ___17___ home, lookingforward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard ___18___for the money,but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more ___19___he had bought it with his own money.He had __20___what he thought was impossible,and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
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