Mr. Read works in a big shop. He's very 1 and always gets to the office on time. The 2 is satisfied with (对……满意) him and pays him more. One evening he was very tired, and as soon as he had 3, he put his watch on the table and went to bed. Little Mable, one of his daughters, came in and 4 something there. She dropped the watch to the floor. She picked it up and 5quickly. The next morning he got up on time. After breakfast he had a look at his watch and began to 6 newspapers. When he got to his office, it was half past eight. He was 7 for the first time! At that moment he found something was wrong with his watch. He had to ask someone to 8 it.     This morning Mr. Read was going to take a train to London. But he 9  it because his watch was slow again. He was very surprised and said, "It was all right yesterday, but why is it 10 now?"     "Last night I found it was dirty," said Little Mable. "I had to wash it for you!"

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    Amy is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta early on the morning of March 12, when a man 1her to her door, and put a gun(枪) to her side.

    “I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really 2 ,”she said in a TV interview last week.

    The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He killed three people at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11.The police were 3him.

    Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but set her free after she begged(恳求) him not to take her 4 again and again. “I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldn't have a mummy,” she said with tears.

    “I just talked to him and tried to make him believe me,” Smith said.

    She asked Nichols 5 he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel6 from God, and God asked him to do so.”

    Smith even 7 for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was8when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing the police looking for him. “I cannot believe that's me on the TV!” Nichols told the woman.

    Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he 9do. She said, “I think you should turn yourself in. If you don't, more people are going to get10.”

    Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.

    Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country,    1  mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country Mouse saw the City Mouse, he  2 , "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City Mouse went. The City Mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good,  3 . Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should 4 and live in the city. You would live in a nice house  5 stone. You must come and see me at my house in the city. " The Country Mouse went to the house 6 the City Mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great  7 . The City Mouse cried, "Run! Run! The cat is coming! " They ran away 8 and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country Mouse said, "I  9 living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For  10 is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

    The story goes that two friends were walking across the desert.

    During the journey they had a1, and one friend hit the other in the face. The one who got hit was hurt, but2saying anything, he wrote in the sand, "Today my3 friend hit me in the face." They kept on walking until they found green fields and a beautiful river where they decided to4.The one who had been hit fell into the river and started5, but the friend saved him. After he was out of 6, he wrote on a stone, "Today my best friend saved my life."

    The friend who7and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why? "The other8, "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in the sand where wind of forgiveness(宽容)can blow it away.9when someone does something good for us, we must carve(雕刻)it in the stone where no wind can ever blow it away."

    Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone. Send this phrase to people you will10forget. It's a short message to let them know that you will never forget them.

    One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved 1 better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy2 my father had told me I would have to ask for credit (赊账)at the store.3 is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重)but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were 4 when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,5 was needed seriously. I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.

    At Davi's Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished 6 the things I wanted, I walked to him. "I need to put these on credit." I said to him 7.

    The farmer gave me a 8 look. But Buck's face didn't change in the slightest. " No problem." He said in a relaxing voice, " I believe your daddy will 9 them in time." Then he turned to the farmer, " This boy is Jame William's son."

    The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time, I 10 pride. Jame William's Son, there three 11 opened a door to an adult's respect and trust.

    That day I 12 that a good name of great importance. My father's good name had won our neighbors' respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任)that came with 13 encouraged us a lot. They made us be 14than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people.15 acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.