For a few years，I have been wearing a ring on my right hand．It's not always the same ring，but it's always a ring that has 1 on it so that when I look at it，I'm2 or reminded of something important．I have made a 3 of buying rings like this whenever I 4 one in a store．Sometimes I give them away as 5to someone like Jennie .

    I first met Jennie in the 6 waiting room and we had talked several times．One night I sat down beside her and 7 how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very8 condition．She told me that she didn't know what to do any more because it seemed none of the9 from the doctors was good．They weren't at all sure her son was going to 10the accident that had hurt him so badly．With 11in her eyes，she said，“They're 12 my hope.” I knew then that it was 13 just a coincidence that 1 was wearing the ring that I had on that day．As she 14to talk ,I quietly slipped the ring off my finger and 15 it in Jennie's hand. I told her to wear it to 16 that God loved her and he would be with her through all of this . 17 Jennie looked down at the ring，she got excited and then held it tightly, 18 the word written on the ring was “HOPE”．

    The last day 1 was at the hospital，I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift．She19 and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying，“Look，I 20 have Hope!”

    Justin, my brother, has been missing for two weeks. Now I 1 him very much. I'm worried that something2 has happened to him. I'm sure he3 that night at about 11 o'clock, because I heard him playing his favorite CD in his bedroom. But where has he gone?

    Yesterday a girl named Marvies told me that 4was once taken away by aliens (外星人) from outer space. They did some research on her. Marvies said that the whole experience was really terrible5luckily they returned her home. If Justin has been taken away by aliens too, I hope they will 6him soon.

    My parents have been worrying about Justin. Soon after he was found missing, they called7. However, the police are not making 8 in the case (案子). They are very puzzled, saying Justin might have been murdered. Dad is very9 with them. He doesn't think they are doing their job well. Mum is so worried that she 10 sleep well. I hope Justin will come home soon and tell us what happened to him. I want all of us to be together again.

    At thirteen, I was diagnosed with kind of attention disorder. It made school1for me. When everyone else in the class was2on tasks, I could not.

    In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith3us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I4my hand right away and said,“Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have5problems. I might not be able to do it. ”

    She glanced down at me6her glasses, “you are no different from your classmates, young man. ”

    I tried,7 I didn't finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it8.

    In the quietness of my bedroom, the story9all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time10the blind couldn't get much education. But Louis didn't give up.11, he invented a reading system of raised dots （n. 点）, which12a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

    Wasn't I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “13” .students? My thoughts14out and my pen started to dance. I15the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a16place. If Louis could find his way out of his17, why should I ever give up?

    I didn't18anything when I handled in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a (an)19when it came back to me the next day- with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these20: “See what you can do when you keep trying.”

    On Dec. 6, Kelsey Zwick boarded Flight 588 from Orlando to Philly with Lucy, one of her 11-month-old twin daughters. Lucy was born 11 weeks prematurely （早产）and 1 from severe lung disease as a result of a complication （并发症） of that. The brave baby girl was on oxygen 2 until recently. Today, Lucy needs oxygen at night and while 3— one small good deed reminded Zwick how "4" she and her husband, Yuri, truly are.

    "To the 5 in 2D. I don't know you, but I imagine you saw us 6. I was pushing a stroller （婴儿车）, had a diaper （尿布） bag on my arm and also 7 an oxygen machine for my daughter," Zwick wrote on her Facebook post. "We 8 the plane, sat down in our window seat and made 9 to those around us about having to sit by my yelling-but-happy baby. The flight attendant came over and told me a gentleman was waiting to 10 seats," she wrote. "You were giving up your comfortable, first-class seat to us. Not able to 11 tears, I cried my way up the 12 while my daughter Lucy 13! She felt it in her bones too... real, pure, goodness. I smiled and thanked you as we switched but didn't get to 14 you properly," the mom continued.

    "So… thank you. Not just for the seat itself but for 15. For seeing us and realizing that maybe things are not 16 easy. For deciding you wanted to show a random act of 17 to us. I can't wait to tell Lucy someday. In the meantime... we will pay it 18."

    Zwick's story touched the hearts of many, giving rise to 19 comments on the post that has since been 20 over 164,000 times.

Wings of Angel

    I used to hate myself because I wasn't "normal". Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not 1. I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much 2than others.

    I hated going to school and I hated 3at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing 4and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the5and seeing an ugly and hunchback(驼背).

    My friends found me 6because I didn't let other get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life 7Angela appeared.

    That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would 8 me. That's when I first heard your voice.

    "Hi. Can I sit down?"

    I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.

"What are you looking at?" you asked.

    "Ants."

    "What are they doing?"

    "No 9."

    "I bet they're playing games and make friends. Don't you think so?"

    That was how our 10started and it didn't stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)—until it was sunset.

    Then suddenly, you saw my 11. She just stared.

    My heart 12. What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would13 me now.

    She stood up, pointed at my back and said, "I know14your back is hunched."

    I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be15. I begged in my heart for her to16, but you just kept on going. "I know what you've got in there. Do you?"

    "No," I answered 17.

    She bent and whispered in my ears.

    "Your back is bunched because you've got a pair of wings from the angels."

I was18. I looked into your eyes and her19 touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to20myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind – hearted friend.

    I'm not a person who loves collecting, but the TV room of my house is full of things. In it are things that there's no other place to put, and things I can't decide1to throw away, such as a lot of old bottles and boxes, some books and out-of-date magazines and a wood stove (炉子) I2use. The TV itself could actually work, but I only turn it3every four years to watch the presidential election.

    The other night, scratching (抓) sounds from the TV room4me up. Quietly, I entered the room,5the stove and opened its front door. There it was, a trembling squirrel,6me desperately.

    I decided to give it a(n)7escape way. Therefore, I opened the outside door, stepped back and8. The squirrel jumped out of the9, but didn't head outside.10, it run through my magazine pile and then struggled among the bottles.

    "Why didn't it11?" I wondered for a while until I12 that I probably put13into that small squirrel's heart. So I quickly14myself in the kitchen and watched the uninvited guest through the window. In my15, the squirrel became16enough to look around and assess the situation. Suddenly, it17merrily.

    The animal actually did a great18: I couldn't stand my19TV room for so long, so after the unexpected guest's leaving I spent half a day cleaning and throwing. I eventually got a tidy TV room and some20space.