There was a young painter who made money by painting portraits (肖像画). His dream was 1 famous. One day, a rich lady asked him to paint a portrait for her and promised to pay 2 10,000 dollars.

After a week, the lady came to take the painting. The painting was wonderful, 3 she was not happy with it. She told the young painter, "I will buy this painting only for 3,000 dollars." The young painter felt 4 at what she said. Then he 5 with the lady, hoping that she would keep her promise.

The rich lady said to the painter, "The person in the painting is me. If I don't buy this painting, nobody else will buy it. So you have to sell it to me for 3,000 dollars."

The young painter said 6, "No, I prefer not to sell it rather than be humiliated (羞辱) by you. Someday, you need to spend 20 times the money 7 the painting, because you break your promise today."

After that, the painter worked very 8 day and night. Finally, he became famous in the field of art.

The rich lady soon forgot about the artist and what he had told her. But one day, one of her 9 told her, "There is a painter selling a painting called 'Liar' (说谎的人) for 200,000 dollars. The lady in the painting looks really like you."

Then, the rich lady remembered the painter. She quickly went to 10 sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait.

A sad little boy was in search of happiness and wanted to meet God.

On his way, he saw an elderly woman 1 in a park watching some birds. The boy sat down 2 her. He opened his bag to take a book when he noticed the lady nearby looked 3. So he gave her a piece of cake. She received it and smiled at him. Her 4 was so wonderful that he wanted to see it again. Then he gave her a can of coke. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was pleased. They 5 there all afternoon, eating and smiling without saying a word.

6 it began to grow dark, the boy got up to leave, but before he had gone no more than a few steps, he turned around, ran 7 to the old woman and gave her a big hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.

When the boy arrived home, his mother was 8 by the look of happiness on his face. She asked, "What has made you so happy today?" He 9, "I had lunch with God. She's got the most beautiful smile in the world!" And when the old woman returned to her home, she told her son that she had lunch with God.

Too often we overlook the 10 of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, or the smallest act of caring. However, all of these have the possible power to turn a life around.

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It was a cold evening. I was in a restaurant wearing a pair of new white shoes when a boy of ten came to me. He was in an old large shirt. "Excuse me, sir! Could I clean your shoes?" the boy asked. "          " I answered.

The boy was busy doing his work when a heavy rain began. More and more people rushed in and I could not find the boy. Several hours passed, I thought the boy would not return my shoes. When it was near midnight, the rain stopped. As the restaurant was to be closed, I had to move to the door.

To my surprise, at the door, I found the boy was sleeping without his old large shirt. He held a package wrapped (包裹) by his shirt in his arms. I shook him and woke him up. He jumped up and cleaned his eyes for a while before he recognized me, Then he opened the package hurriedly, gave my shoes back to me, and said, "I am sorry, sir." "It doesn't matter." I said. Then, I thanked him and wrapped him with his unfit shit. On my way home, the boy still stayed in my mind.

    One day, 100 people were attending a speech. The speaker was making a speech about happiness. However, after a few hours, people began to lose their attention. The speaker thought of an idea. He stopped his speech and asked all of the people to take part in a group activity.

    He gave each person a balloon in the room. Each person was asked to write his or her name on the balloon with a black marker (记号笔). Then, all of the balloons were collected and moved to another room.

The 100 people were then let into the room and told to find the balloon with their own name

    Everyone rushed around, crazily searching for their own balloon. People were bumping into and tripping (绊倒) over each other.

But after about five minutes of searching, no one could find their own balloon.

    After seeing this, the speaker asked each person to collect a balloon and try to find the person, whose name was written on it. Everyone started talking to each other and asking each other for their name. In just a few minutes, everyone had his or her own balloon.

    "Can you see what happened?" the speaker said. "The balloons are like the happiness we look for in our own lives. Everyone is busy looking for their own happiness, not caring what happens to others. But sometimes the best way to find happiness is to help others. Help them find happiness and you can find your own."

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