I was sitting at the kitchen table finishing my morning meal. A little taste of autumn1had risen in my soul. The2 air and falling leaves all 3 the coming of the winter. I took my last drink of meal and carried my4 bowl over to the sink to clean it. My two cats sat on top of the kitchen counter,5 above them. I saw that they were both eyeing a tiny spider on a single web from the light above. Just as the spider came near,6cats were well prepared to catch and eat him. I quickly took a paper towel and 7 the little guy before he became a kitty 8I walked out of the back door to let him 9. As soon as I set him down he quickly crawled to 10on the wall. As I shut the door, I noticed something too. I was 11and my sadness was gone.

    Now I know a lot of people would be 12 about how saving the eight-legged animal could have 13my spirits, so quickly. After all, it was just a spider. As I thought about it, two sentences I had recently read 14me. The first was: “The only true thing is 15” The second was: “ Do everything out of love.” I realized then that no act of love is 16 I had only spared a spider to live another day, but it had 17my heart and improved my spirit.

    Make your life full of love. When you do so, you will18not only yourself, but others and this world. Your soul will 19 the cheers of other people.20 people's eyes every smile you share is a treasure, and every kind act you do is a triumph(胜利).

    In spite of the fun and laughter, 13-year-old Frank Wilson wasn't happy. It was1 that he received all the gifts that he wanted. And he also 2 the big Christmas dinner with the family members.3, Frank wasn't happy because this was his first Christmas without his brother, Steve, who was killed in a car accident. Frank 4 his brother.

    Frank said good-bye to his family members and said that he was leaving a little earlier to see a friend, and from there he could walk home. Since it was cold outside, Frank 5 his new jacket. It was his favorite gift. He placed the other gifts on his new sleigh（雪橇）. Then Frank6.

    As Frank went down the street toward home, through one front window, he saw a room with old 7 hanging over an empty fireplace. A woman was seated nearby, crying. The stockings 8 him of the way he and his brother always 9 theirs side by side. The next morning, they would find gifts.

    Then Frank had a 10. He knocked at the door. “Yes?” the11voice of the woman. “May I come in?” asked Frank. “You are very welcome,” she said,12 his sleigh full of gifts and thinking he wanted to 13 gifts. “But I have no food or gifts for you. I have 14 for my own children.” “That's why I am here,” Frank said. “Please15 whatever gifts you would like for your children from the sleigh.” “Why? God bless you!” the16woman answered. She took some candies, a toy plane and a doll. Finally, the stockings were 17. “Thank you so much!” the woman said. “You are welcome,” Frank said and left.

    Frank's 18was full of happiness. Then he gave his jacket to a poor boy. At last, he gave away all his gifts.19Frank was worried how he could 20to his parents that he had given his gifts away, he was very happy.

    Last night my husband and I were taking a walk. Then we saw a man1over on the ground, crushing(砸碎) something with rock. He was completely 2 his task and didn't look up at anyone 3 We kept noticing him. I thought he was crushing stones to make 4 but why would he do that?

    Finally we decided to go up and5 to him. He was crushing pieces of left-over bread to make feed for the birds that 6 there early morning. The large pieces of hard bread would be 7 for the birds to eat so he crushes them into a fine powder.

    He's been doing this every night, by himself, for the last 3 to4 years. What 8us more was that he was surprised we were even taking an9 in this, since for him it wasn't a big deal. Every night, after10 so his accommodation from his job as a tailor, he goes around 11 left-over bread from all his housemates. He12eats a quick meal and comes here, and spends the next 1 to 2 hours13 crushing each piece and makes a neat pile for the birds, which he says will be 14 by next evening. He also leaves grains on top of the pile, which he 15 every month from his wages.

    When we asked him what16 him to do this simple, small but devoted act of 17 he shrugged his shoulders and said. It's just something18I do: so that the left-over bread doesn't go into the rubbish and the birds get 19” We shared his story and perhaps it might inspire someone to start something 20 in their own area,

    A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she 1play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill.  2she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and 3all day about how wonderful and exciting 4must feel to live there.

    At the age when she gained some 5skill and sensibility (识别力), she 6her mother for a bike ride 7the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, 8her keeping close to the house and not 9too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew  10where she was heading!  11the hill and across the valley, she rode to the 12of the golden house.

    13she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path 14to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she 15that all the windows were 16and rather dirty.

    So 17and heart-broken, she didn't go any further. She 18and all of a sudden she saw an amazing 19. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she 20that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!

    In 1989, an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, 1 that the building was 2.

    After the unforgettably initial shock, he 3 the promise he had made to his son: "No matter 4, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to 5 his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his 6 to his son. He rushed there and started 7 the ruins.

    As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, 8: "It's too late! They're all dead! 9, face reality, there's nothing you can do!" To each parent he responded with 10: "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.

    Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know 11: "Is my boy 12 or is he dead? "He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in 13 hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son's 14. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" He heard back, "Dad! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you 15 me and 16 you saved me, they'd be saved. You promised, 'No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you! 'You did it, Dad!"

    "What's going on in there?" the father asked.

    "There are 14 of us 17 18 33, Dad. We're scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you're here. When the building collapsed, it made 19, and it saved us".

    "Come out, boy!"

    "No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, 20 I know you'll get me! No matter what happens, I know you'll always be there for me!"

You Did More Than Carry My books

    Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark 1 down and helped the boy pick up these articles. 2 they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark 3 the boy's name was Bill, that he 4 computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of 5 with his other subjects and that he had just broken 6 with his girlfriend.

    They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was 7 in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed 8 with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They 9 to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before 10, Bill asked Mark if they 11 talk.

    Bill 12 him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Do you 13 wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I 14 out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess(脏乱) 15 anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to 16 my things. But after we spent some time together 17 and laughing, I realized that 18 I had done that, I would have 19 a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You20 my life."