I still remember the first time I left home for one or two{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(night). I was going to a summer camp for a month. When my parents told me about the camp, I was{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(excite), because there were lots of activities there .

    The whole family drove me to the camp. When we arrived, I saw a lot of kids, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}I didn't know anyone. I began to feel nervous. They gave me a little card{#blank#}4{#/blank#}my name on it. Then a girl, who looked{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(old) than me, came up to me and said, “Hi, Margie! I'm Sara. Our cabin is the Pines.”

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(Final) the time came when my parents said, “Well, Margie, goodbye. Have a great time. And don't worry; we'll write to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}often. ”

    I had an awful feeling. I wanted {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(cry). But just then another girl of my age came up to me and{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(say), “Hi, are you Margie? I'm Tammy. I'm in the Pines, too. Come on. Let's go see the horses.”

    So off we went and I had a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(wonder)month at camp.

    Children today have many things to play with. They can watch television, surf {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Internet, or play video games. But what do you think children {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (do) for fun long ago? They read books. 

    Some of you might ask, "Are books {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (real) fun?" Believe it or not, books provide many things that television or computers cannot. Since books use only words {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (tell) a story, they can improve your imagination. You can picture the characters and background in your head and you can also imagine {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the characters feel.

    The words and sentences that are used in storytelling are also very interesting and usually cannot {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (find) often on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and touching {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they can bring tears to your eyes

    Books also help us to think harder and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (deep). As we continue to read, we ask questions to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (our) and try to find answers.

    These are some of the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (reason) why books are so fun to read. Remember: the more you read, the more you grow.

    Night after night, she came to help me sleep, even long after my childhood years.

    I don't remember {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it first started making me a little angry- my mom's hands pushing my hair that way. But it really made me {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ( comfortable), for they felt rough (粗糙的) against my young skin. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (final), one night, I shouted at her, "Don't do that anymore. Your hands are too rough!" She didn't say anything, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} she never did it again.

    Years later, I missed my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss on my face. I'm not a little girl any more. My mom is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} her mid-seventies，and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and me.

    Now my own children have grown up. It was late on Thanksgiving Eve. As I slept in my bedroom, a familiar hand ran across {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (I) face to push the hair from my head. Then a kiss, ever so {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(soft), touched my brow(额头).

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) my mom's hand, I told her how sorry I was for the night I shouted at her. But my mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten it long ago.

    That night, I fell {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sleep) with the new appreciation(感激) for my mother's caring hands. And {#blank#}10{#/blank#} guilt(内疚) that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.