All of us can give others a hand as long as we are willing to do so. Actually, there are some people doing kind things all the time. Spreading kindness, one good deed at a time, is Karla Gibson's mission. “I wish everyone could join me. There are so many  1  things going on in the world; I mean every day,” said Karla.

       Karla had the  2  and sense of duty in December of 2013. The single mother of three said she tended to get down around the holidays, so she  3  to do something to cheer others up. She started a Facebook page and  4  her good deeds each day, from feeding the homeless to giving Easter gifts to the incarcerated (囚犯). She hoped to  5  others.

     “We have to do something. Our  6   can make a difference in someone's day. You   7  know when someone might be having their worst day, and then something like buying them a coffee can change their whole attitude,” Karla  8  .

Karla's greatest  9 so far had to do with coffee. On September 27th, Karla's birthday, she went to her local Starbucks and gave the 10  $127 to pay for other people's drinks. She sat at the end of the drive-thru holding a  11  that read, “Have a great day.” She ended up  12  about 23 customers. “It was really fun. It was  13 one of the best birthdays ever,” she said. Her kindness that day didn't go  14 . One couple was so grateful that they surprised her with flowers and balloons to show their 15.

Karla's acts of kindness have become a 16 affair. Her two sons are always 17 others. “Sometimes I'll ask Kyle, ‘So, did you do anything extra nice today?' and he's like ‘Somebody 18 something in the hallway and I picked it up' or ‘I held the door for someone', that kind of thing,” said Karla.

      It's because of Mom that the boys think it's  19  to give a hand to others. “I think it's a great idea of hers. It's always nice to help someone out  20  they really need it,” said Karla's 15-year-old son Chad.

    John Clark was a postman. He was fond of dogs. However, when he was delivering（投递）letters, he found that 1dogs were his friends. One particular dog called2, who lived at No.108 Turner Road, was one of John's 3. Whenever John came near his 4house, Spot would lie in and 5out on John, barking（吠叫）and trying to 6his ankles.

    After a heavy snow,7was freezing that morning. The road was covered with8. John was afraid of 9 down, so he10his bike and walked with11steps. Unfortunately, John slipped on a patch of ice, which was opposite to No.108 Turner Road. Spot12this as John together with his bike made such a big noise.Spot jumped onto John's 13and tried to bite his neck.Quick as a flash, John,14hands were full of letters, bit15on the leg.

    John Clark said later, it was the 16thing I could do.I don't approve of（赞成）17to animals, but that dog18 had it coming. Since that day I've had no 19at No.108.Spot always hides round the 20of the house when he hears me coming.

                                                                                    Emergency on the Mountain

    Ana was a 12-year-old girl living in the mountain. Her 1 was to become a village nurse like Leta, her neighbor. She spent almost all her spare time reading the2 book by herself.

    This morning, Leta went to Santiago to 3 a short-term training class by a group of volunteer doctors for first aiders to learn medical skills. Before she left, Ana begged Leta to take her along but Leta4saying that Ana was too5to learn anything important.

    Ana was very6 this morning, so she decided to wander around to refresh herself. On the hillside, she saw Rafi standing on a donkey's bare back，some kids around him. Rafi was only 13, but he was always doing something to get 7“No wonder adults don't8 kids with anything important”, Ana said to herself. She had just turned away 9she heard a few screams and Rafi fell off the donkey. Ana ran to where Rafi was lying and 10 that one of his legs bent a little sideways between the knee and the ankle and that all the other kids were 11 not knowing what to do. She 12 what the first-aid book said about13legs.

    “Vin!” Ana called to one of the boys.

    “Go and get Rafi's mama and find someone with a truck.”

    She turned14 the other kids. “Give me your shirts. We need something to15his leg with so it doesn't move around.”

Ana found a strong，straight stick，which she'd use to 16 his leg. She carefully wrapped the boys' shirts around his leg and the stick. When Ana was done, Rafi came back to himself. Ana17 comforted him until Rafi's mama came over.

    Behind her was a neighbor in a pickup truck. They lifted Rafi into the truck, then 18 down the dusty hillside toward the hospital.

    The next day, Leta came to Ana's home. “I heard what you did,” Leta said. “You kept your head in a/an19. That's an important skill.” Ana's face burned.

    “Now, listen. The volunteer doctors are coming here tomorrow with vaccines (疫苗). We need some extra 20.Can you help?”

    Ana didn't hesitate. “I would love to and I'll bring my first-aid book.” Ana said excitedly.

    Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so 1! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.

    All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball  2 , Chuck Hart. 3 Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous 4, he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn't thinking about Hart's behavior; he had only expected to see Hart's 5 on the side of the box. The first indication that something was 6 came as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart's. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was 7 for his amazing work in the community.

    Travis's hands 8; his heart stopped. It wasn't that the Ryann shoes weren't nice, but what would his friends think? They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be 9 by the other players. When he looked up into his dad's eyes, however, Travis 10he would not tell him. "Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.

    Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they 11 in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.

    “Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look…” his dad said 12,“Travis, I know those aren't the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guy s and made a（n）13. The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis's feet, “is someone I 14. Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in 15?”

    “No,” Travis said.

    “Never. He's never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he's a team player. You could have acted like a (n) 16  when you didn't get the shoes you wanted, Travis, but you were 17and made the best of it. You have such a good 18, like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I'm hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I'll ever see.”

    When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes 19. His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful 20.

    This is the softest and merriest laughter of the year. Maria and Pit Sanders didn't1 their son's teachers. Instead, they decided to present them with 2 for Christmas.

    Maria and Pit Sanders say,“Their son,14-year-old Jake, is that3 kid who always has something to say in class.” So, when the parents wanted to say thanks to Jake's teachers for 4 him, Maria Sanders said they had to do something 5.

    “How many coffee cups does a teacher6,” she said.“But who doesn't need a glass of wine after 7 a kid like mine?” With help from a friend's printing company, the Sanders turned some bottles of wine into a truly 8 holiday gift for their son's teachers.

    The label features a picture of a9 Jake and reads,“Our Child Might Be The Reason Why You 10 So Enjoy This Bottle On Us.” The teachers 11the wine,“that's all I'm going to say,” Maria Sanders said.“None of the 12 were shocked by it.”

    Word about the gift spread13 after Jake's older brother, DJ, posted a photo on Twitter and received more than 10,000 likes: My parents always get our elementary school teachers a 14 around Christmas. It is very 15 of them to present something small like a candle or flower to say thank you. This year they got them bottles of wine and 16 the labels with their own with my smiling brother on them… Happy 17!

    Jake insisted he's not18 by the gift. In fact, he helped 19 the wine personally.“I thought it was 20,” he added.

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