About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children. but I often heard the parents 1 shouting at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a(n) 2 one.

We often 3 in the hallway. I always greeted them, 4 the only answer I ever got was a "hello" from the eight-year-old girl. I usually 5 to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just 6 their apartment and the little girl was 7 the outside door open for the others. I 8 in the car doing 9 things because I wasn't eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally, I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling her to 10 to get into the car, but the little girl was still holding the door, 11 me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.

    I forgot to tell her how 12 I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had 13an old man's heart.

    The next day there was a(n) 14 on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite 15 of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother standing there, too. Her parents 16 me. Too.

    Now when we met in the hallway we always greeted each other, in a friendly17.

    Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and 18 how I was going to keep my doctor's 19 because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.

    Isn't it 20 that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things come from small acts.

    Although I love my life, it hasn't been a lot of fun as I've been ill for 28 years.

    Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s,when my1was more manageable, I2 years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. 3that was years ago and times have changed. 4I live with my mother on a country farm.

    Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to5my disability pension（残疾抚恤金）.6I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my7. I decided that I would consider8to singing in restaurants.

    My family are all musicians, so I was9when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn't have a lot of 10to get started. And11you find only three to four songs out often on a disc that you can12use.

    When I told the owner of the shop about my13, he gave me a long thoughtful14." This means a lot to you, doesn't it?" he said." Come with me."

    He led me15the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand16on his treasure and said," I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your17and I'll record them for you. That should get you started."

    I18. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose19that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

    His20still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

    I had a good day today. It 1 with a morning walk with my dogs under the moonlight before daybreak. It was so beautiful. After the 2 it was time for a warm breakfast  3 by some exercise and prayer. Then I 4 to the office. The warm sunlight made me  5and since I was alone with nobody else to be disturbed（打扰）, I 6along with the CD playing in my car with a loud voice and a happy heart.

    My good day was just beginning, 7. I helped it along by giving cheerful  8to everyone I met. I shared smiles and was happy to have them9. I offered a helping hand to one friend and a pat on the back to another. Later at the store I  10the door for a lady with her arms full of packages. I told a  11cashier（收银员）what a good job she was doing and watched her whole face 12.

    When I got home I gave my daughter a hug, kissed my oldest son on the head, and  13with my youngest son before doing some work on the computer. Then I answered letters  14to share a loving thought or two with my friends around the world. Later in the evening I spent some  15time reading a good book, petting my dogs on the head. 16I ended the day the way I started it: walking my dogs  17, and thanking God for this world, my life, and the  18 to live for one more good day.

    Perhaps the key to having a great life is to live it one good day 19 . Perhaps the key to being  20 in this world is to love all we have today and let God take care of our tomorrow.

    Madeline's grandma was going through a lot, so the little girl wanted to do something to cheer her up. She made her a special 1 and her grandma loved it!

    Four years ago, Madeline's grandpa 2 unexpectedly from heart failure. MawMaw, Madeline's grandma, had a very 3 time coming to tears with losing her husband and her health began to 4. Her family were very 5.

    Last year Madeline's grandma received sad 6 just a few weeks before Christmas 7 her that she had lung cancer. She had quite a journey ahead of her and she would be alone for a lot of her 8.

    Madeline wanted to find a way to 9 her sweet grandma's spirits and help her not feel so 10. She thought hard for some time and finally had an 11. She asked to 12 one of her grandpa's old T-shirts. MawMaw was 13 about why she wanted it, but she did not ask. Madeline wanted to use the T-shirt to make a blanket for her grandma and 14 it with her.

    The whole 15 stood around to watch MawMaw 16 her blanket. She was so excited about the handmade 17 that her sweet granddaughter had 18 for her. But she was pleasantly surprised when 19 that her husband's shirt was sewn in. “Oh, Madeline!” She cried.

    Then she covered the blanket around her. She was so 20 that she began to cry. Now when MawMaw goes to the doctor for her treatments, she will not feel all alone.

    I arrived at my school one morning. As soon as I walked in, the 1immediately felt sad and uncomfortable. I knew exactly why the mood felt this way. The people around me were 2their emotions, trying to keep their 3steady. Today was the day when our teacher would 4 and move to another school. Mr. Smith was finally saying goodbye to our school after five years'5 here.

    Mr. Smith was a(n)6 likable man. He would tell a lot of jokes during the class 7 so you would remember it. He was very easy to talk with and to have 8 with. He was cool, relaxed,9 was always friendly when you would see him. It was 10 hard not to like him.

    I felt sad and 11.I couldn't even imagine how things were going to be 12 him: all the good times I've had with him. The 13 he said that made me laugh, the countless hours of watching him play the guitar, and the warm 14 he kept on his face. These thoughts 15 my mind, and I became 16.Why did Mr. Smith have to go? This is so 17.I was lost into my thoughts.

    "Hey, are you all right?" My friend Peter 18.

    "Yeah, I'm all right. I'm just kind of sad," I 19.

    "Yeah, me too. I wish he was our teacher forever. Mr. Smith is the best," he 20.

AI-generated content has recently won big in the literary world. Japanese author Rie Kudan won one of Japan's most famous literary awards, the Akutagawa Prize, with the help of ChatGPT in The Tokyo Tower of Sympathy. 

The book is set in future Japan, where AI has become an important part of people's lives. The story centers around an architect who creates a comfortable prison but struggles with a society that she sees as being overly sympathetic to criminals. 

Kudan admitted at a news conference that "around 5 percent of the book's text was taken directly from generative AI," reported kyodo News. She added that there is a scene in the book where an AI chatbot answers the main character's questions and she used AI-generated text in the responses given by AI in the story. The word-for-word content generated by AI was applauded by committee members as "practically flawless", said CNN. 

This is not the first time that Al-related works have won prizes. In October 2023, The Land of Machine Memorieswas awarded second prize at China's fifth youth popular science and science fiction competition. The fiction was fully created by AI with the prompts (提示) given by Shen Yang, a professor at Tsinghua University. Surprisingly, just one judge among the six of the competition realized that what they were reading was the product of a machine. 

So will literature in the future be all about AI? Debates are still ongoing on the matter. Japanese literary critic Akira Okawada told Tyodo News that "it is difficult for AI to create work that addresses ethical themes in depth". However, Chinese writer Luo Ping holds the positive view. "Improvements in technology will not cause human laziness in creating, but rather will only make them involved in more heated competition. With the help of technology, the starting point of human thinking will only grow higher," Luo told Hongxing News. 

"I think this is only the beginning for AI in creating literature," Fu Changyi, a member of Jiangsu Popular Science Writers Association, told online news Guancha. "We will wait and see how the future goes," he added.