I have always been interested in clowns(小丑)．The earliest thing I can remember，as a child of three，is seeing a pair of clowns梠ne is very fat，the other is very 1 ndline．A traveling circus(马戏团) came to our town and my parents took me to see it．When we arrived at the circus，egeryone was laughing at the clowns．I didn't un-derstand why they were laughing，2 ndline　 I laughed,too．

　　While I was 3 ndline，the fat clown came and sat down next to me．“Shall we dance?”he asked，then 4 ndline　 me up and began dancing．I felt frightened and I began to cry．5 ndline　 then I have been interested in clowns．They make me laugh a lot，although they still make me a bit 6 ndline　 too．

　　In life，we sometimes laugh at things that 7 ndline　 us．We often laugh most at people who make us nervous．When we laugh，we relax and 8 ndline　 ourselves．People who never laugh can become worried and ill．

Laughter is like medicine and a clown is like a 9 ndline．

　　There have always been，and there will always be clowns，because people need to laugh．Laughter is the best kind of 10 ndline　 in life．

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　　I remember my seventh grade math．teacher’s name very well．It was Mr Young．He was missing one of his fingers．

　　For some reason 1 was not very good in schoo1．Math was my worst subject．There was just something wrong with my brain．No matter how hard I tried, I just could not figure out why I did not understand what all the other kids found to be so easy to learn．

　　One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, I would be sent away to a very strict schoo1．I tried really hard for weeks to learn math．I just couldn’t understand the math problems no matter how hard I tried．

　　The day before report cards were to come out, I knew that Mr Young would give me an E, just like he always did．After class ended, 1 went to him and told him that they were going to send me to another school if I got another E on my report card．He told me that there was nothing he could do．It would be unfair to the other kids if he gave me a better grade than I had actually earned．

　　I looked at the teacher and said,“Mr Young, do you know how the kids laugh at you because you’re missing your finger?”He looked at me and said nothing．“They shouldn’t do that to you because you can’t help you not having a finger, Mr Young．It’s just like I can’t help not being able to learn numbers and stuff like that,” I said．

　　The next day while on the school bus, I opened the report card envelope and looked at my math grade：D．

　　That math grade was my favorite one I ever received in my whole life, because I knew that someone in the world finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head．

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　　I have always been interested in clowns(小丑)．The earliest thing I can remember, as a child of three, is seeing a pair of clowns－one very fat, and the other very 　　1　　．A traveling circus(马戏团)came to our town and my parents took me to see it．When we arrived at the circus, everyone was laughing at the clowns．I didn’t understand why they were laughing, 　　2　　 I laughed too．

　　While I was 　　3　　, the fat clown came and sat down next to me．“Shall we dance?” he asked, then 　　4　　 me up and began dancing．I felt frightened and began to cry．　　5　　 then I have been interested in clowns．They make me laugh a lot, although they still make me a bit 　　6　　 too．

　　In life, we sometimes laugh at things that 　　7　　 us．We often laugh most at people who make us nervous．When we laugh, we relax and 　　8　　 ourselves．People who never laugh can become worried and ill．Laughter is like medicine and a clown is like a 　　9　　．

　　There have always been, and there will always be clowns, because people need to laugh．Laughter is the best kind of 　　10　　 in life．

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