There is a woman living in New York．She is heavy and tall.She doesn't have a1 ， and she doesn't make money．She is just in her2every day and never goes out．Her husband(丈夫)is a thin and short man．He3in a small station．Every Friday,the man has to give all his wages(工资)from his4to the woman，and the woman gives just a little money back to him so he can5 lunch．She never gives the man more money6she thinks her husband still keeps some money．

    One day,the small man is very happy．He comes back home7a lottery ticket (彩票)in his hand．The woman asks，"8are you so happy?""I won(赢)$1，000 in the lottery,"the man says．

    "You are9!"the woman says．Some minutes later,she asks．"How can you have money to10for a lottery ticket?"

    Grandfather was a wise man. No matter how badly-behaved I had been, I could tell Grandpa anything and my 1 were safe. He loved me and would never give them away.

    I remember a time when a group of us were playing baseball behind Mrs. Brown's house. I hit one pitch(投球) just right and …slam! It ended up breaking Mrs. Brown's kitchen window! We all 2!

    After I got home, I 3 Grandpa about it. He knew we had been warned many times about the dangers of playing where we shouldn't. 4 he just listened.

    "I was 5," I told him, with my head down. "I hate myself for what I did. Is there a way out?" "Well," he said, "Mrs. Brown has a problem, just like you. If she knew you cared and you were afraid of her, she would be sad. I'll bet she wishes you would give her a 6 to be understanding. It's 7 decision. Are you planning to pretend(假装) nothing happened? Just keep quiet and hide what you're not proud of?"

    "I don't know," I sighed(叹息). "Things might get worse…" "Let's think it through," he said finally. "If you were Mrs. Brown, what would you do?" I didn't know 8 she might do. I had been afraid that Mrs. Brown would stay mad at me, so I ran. On the way home I 9 that she was a mean witch(女巫) running after me.

    "Well," I said, taking a deep breath, "One way is to tell Mrs. Brown I'm sorry and offer to fix her 10. "

    "If you call her," asked Grandpa, "What's the worst that can happen?" I had to think for a moment. I realized that even if she did not 11 my apology(道歉), it could not be any worse than seeing the disappointment(失望) on Mom and Dad's 12.

    Grandpa smiled when he knew I had figured it out(明白). "Doing what's right is not always easy," he said, handing me the phone. "I'm proud of you." Grandpa did not make me do it. It was always my 13. As it turned out, Mrs. Brown was very kind and we 14 became really close friends.

    Grandpa passed away a year ago and I miss him so much. He gave me the tools to fix many problems and most of all he showed me I was 15.

Sijo Zachariah comes from India and he works in Dubai. Last year, Zachariah returned to India for a wedding ( 婚礼). However, he got stuck ( 困住) there because of COVID-19.

'There was almost no food available in stores," he said. What's going to happen? How are we going to feed ourselves?" From that thought, Zachariah and his father started planting food on the land in front of their house. They took seeds (种子) from all of the fruit and vegetables they could find. Zachariah watched helpful videos online.

In the end, the land didn't just help the father and son. It helped feed people in 20 homes nearby. We also taught our neighbors how to plant. food," Zachariah said. Soon every home was planting food. The hot, wet weather made growing easy.

Zachariah once studied and worked in Wales. One thing he really liked there was the food. It tasted better than food at home. He found the reason the food there was fresh and local. So 'he only planted food that was from his hometown. He also recorded videos to teach others.

Now Zachariah is planning to change his job. He will stop fixing (修理) planes for living. He will plant food. "It' s a big change for me. But this is what makes me happy—helping others and being in nature," he said. 

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