I was standing in line behind a woman in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the shop owner greeted 1 and asked how she was doing.

    The woman looked down, shook her head and said, “Not so 2, my husband just lost his job. I don't know how I can 3 the holidays.”

    Then she gave the shop owner the food stamps（食品券）for poor families.

    My 4 hurt, I wanted to help but didn't know 5. Should I offer to pay for her food, or ask for her husband's resume（简历）?

    6 I walked towards my car, I met the woman again. I remembered something in my wallet. It wasn't any money or an offer of a job, but7 it would help.

    "Excuse me," I said, "I heard what you said to the shop owner. It sounds like you're going through a really 8 time right now. I'm so sorry. I'd like to give you something."

    I 9 her the small card from my wallet.

    When the woman read the two 10 on the card, she began to cry. Through her tears, she said, "You have no idea how much this 11  to me."

    To tell the truth, her reply was a little 12. Having never done anything like this before, I didn't know what could happen. All I could say was, "Would it be OK to give you a hug?"

    After that, I walked into my car and began to13 too.

    The words on the card?

    "You Matter."

    A few weeks earlier, a friend gave me a similar 14 as encouragement for my work. When I read it, I really felt 15. So I ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started sharing them.

    In a small town lives an old man. He has a nice house with a large 1. The old man takes care of his flowers every day. The garden is 2 beautiful that every passer-by will stop to have a good look.

    One day a young painter went by the old man's garden. He looked at the garden, thinking how 3 he would be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. The painter was 4 and went to the old man. He asked, “You can't see the flowers. 5 are you making them so beautiful?”

    The blind gardener smiled, “I can tell you four 6 .First, I was a gardener when I was young. Although I become blind now, I am still good at gardening. Second, although I can't see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can 7 the sweetness of them. At last, that's you. It's true that I don't know you. But I know many people will stop by the garden and the beauty of my garden will make 8 happy. It also gives me a chance to 9 with you here and enjoy these flowers together.”

    Every flower has eyes. 10 the eyes they can see the kindness of the old man. The blind man also grows in his heart. Failing to see the beautiful flowers come out, he surely can hear the sound of them.

    My name is Anna. There are1people in my family: my parents, my2and I. My3is Jack. He is 38. My mother is Linda.4is 36. My sister's5is Cindy. Cindy is a good 6. She studies(学习) in a nice7. Look! This8her jacket. The9of it is purple.

    I love10family.

Father's Day is coming. Our teacher tells us to ask our dads questions to know them more. I can't remember seeing my dad cry, 1 I ask him :"Do I make you cry before?"

"Yes, there's once,"he says.

He tells me that when I was one year old, he put a pen, a piece of paper money, and a toy 2 me. He wants to see which one I will choose. It's a tradition that a lot of Chinese people do on their kids' 3 birthdays. According to this tradition, it shows 4 the kids will value* most when they grow up. For example, if the kid takes the 5 , it means he or she will be an intelligent*person in the future. If the kid takes the money, it means he or she will value money more than others and will become rich. If the kid takes the toy, it means he or she will like fun things and 6 a lot.

My father is just doing it out of curiosity*. It is 7 for him to see which one I will choose anyway.

He says that I just sit there and look at the three things. He sits across from me and waits to see what will happen.

I move to him and push* 8 away. I go right into his arms and laugh 9 . He doesn't know that he is one of the choices.

And that is the first and only time I make him 10 .

 Cindy is a middle school student. She likes shopping very much.

 It is New Year's Day today. Many stores are at a great sale. So Cindy's mother and Cindy go shopping after lunch.

 They are in a store now. Cindy sees a note that says"BOGOF!". She asks a saleswoman what that is. The saleswoman says to her," It is‘ buy one, get one free(免费)'."

 That sounds good! Cindy finds a shirt for 30 yuan. Cindy's mother wants to buy a skirt . It is 30 yuan, too. So Cindy buys a yellow shirt and her mother buys a white skirt.

 Cindy and her mother are very happy.

A doctor, a lawyer（律师）, a little boy and an old man were out for a Sunday afternoon flight on a small plane. Suddenly, the plane had engine（发动机） trouble. At last, the pilot took a parachute（降落伞） and shouted to the four people that they had better jump, and then he himself jumped out. Unluckily, there were only three parachutes left.

The doctor took one and said, "I'm a doctor. I save lives, so I must live." Then he jumped out. The lawyer then said, "I'm a lawyer, and lawyers are smart people in the world. I must live." He also took a parachute and jumped out.

The old man looked at the little boy and said, "My boy, I live a long and full life. You are still young. Take the last parachute and live in peace." The little boy handed the parachute back to the old man and said, "Don't worry, grandpa. The smart man in the world just jumped out with my schoolbag."