Like most July days, it was hot. I 1into a coffee shop to drink a cup of black coffee, It was a nice and small store with little round tables and chairs.

    As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted (扭曲) by some sadness that her face nearly 2 the tabletop. I sat down facing her two 3 away.

    "Poor woman," I thought." Why does God let people live so long past their prime (盛年)?"

    As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. 4the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had 5 in 70 years. In minutes, the two of them were shaking with laughter. I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, 6 a picture of myself.

    I was wearing a7 shirt.

    She was well dressed in white, with gold rings on her fingers.

    I was in 8 spirits. She was laughing and smiling. I was making my 9 come true. She had millions of wonderful 10 to recall(回忆).

    She was 11 the day with a good friend. I was 12worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn't hurting her.

    As I left the shop, I 13 my foolish questions about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more 14 and more sensitive(敏锐的). Age has not bent her spirit. But I am always filling my mind with something 15. Maybe one day, I won't.

One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus（马戏表演）. And a family was standing in front of us.

The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean. The children talked about the clowns(小丑), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, "I want eight children's tickets and two adults' tickets, so I can take my family to the circus. "

The ticket lady said the price. The man's wife lowered her head and there was no smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, "How much did you say?"

The ticket lady said the price again. The man didn't have enough money. How could he tell his eight kids the bad news? My dad put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a $20 bill and dropped(掉下) it on the ground. (In fact, we were not rich!) Then my dad said, "Excuse me, sir, this dropped out of your pocket. "

The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad's eyes, held my dad's hand in his, and took the $20 bill. "Thank you, sir, thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family. "

My father and I went back home. We didn't go to see the circus that night, but we didn't care.

Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an excellent holiday at the Disneyland. And one thing made our visit seem 1 . 

We got to the front of the line at Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria couldn't take her 2 on the ride. It was our first time to be there, so we were too 3 to remember that ice cream was not allowed on the ride. 

Gloria started 4 and we all didn't know what to do. Then Tony, one of the staff(员工) members, came over. He bent down and told Gloria that he would 5 the ice cream for her and give it back to her when she finished the ride. Gloria said, " Really?" Then she gave Tony her ice cream, and enjoyed 6 on the ride. 

Half an hour later, we 7 . And sure enough, there was Gloria's new friend 8 " her" ice cream. And we knew what had happened, 9 we knew that an ice cream couldn't last for thirty 10 without melting on a summer afternoon in Florida. Tony knew clearly 11 we would get off the ride. He went to the nearest shop and 12 a new ice cream half a minute before we walked out of the exit(出口). Gloria said, "13 . " But I was sure she didn't know it was a 14 ice cream. 

Thanks so much for giving us 15 and making our visit pleasant!

It is important to say"No" if necessary, although it is not easy. My best friend Julia asked me to help her look after her pet dog when she travelled to Shanghai. I wanted to say"no" to her, but I agreed. I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} busy to look after it well, and then {#blank#}2{#/blank#} bad happened. Her dog got ill because of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . Julia was angry and said she wouldn't {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in me anymore. I hoped she could trust me again. Then she said unless I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to take her dog to the animal hospital with her, she wouldn't forgive (原谅) me.

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 From then on, I know that sometimes we need to say" No". It's important.