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My mother's loving hands

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

      I don't remember1it first started making me a little angry 一 my mom's hands pushing my hair that way. But it really made me uncomfortable, for they2rough（粗糙的）against my young skin. Finally, one night, I 3 her, "Don't do that any more. Your hands are too rough!" She didn't say anything,4 she never did it again.

      Years later I missed my mother's5and her goodnight kiss on my face. I'm not a little girl any more. My mom is6 her mid-seventies, and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and me.

      Now my own children have7. It was late on Thanksgiving Eve. As I slept in my bedroom, a familiar hand ran across my8to push the hair from my head. Then a kiss, ever so softly, touched my brow（额头).

      Taking my mom's hand, I told her how9 I was for that night I shouted at her. But my mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten it long ago.

      That night, I10with a new appreciation（感激）for my mother's caring hands. And the guilt（内疚）that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

   After the birth of my second child, Igot a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced waitress for a few months, I was 1  to wait tables on my own. All went 2 that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily given the table not far from the kitchen. 3, I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays(托盘).

    Before I knew it, the restaurant was full of people. I moved slowly, minding every step. I remember how  4 I was when I saw the tray stand（支架） near the tables; it looked different from the one I was 5 on. It had nice handles, which made it  6 to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to believe I was natural at this job.

    Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I love watching you work. It seems your traystand has been very 7to you, but we are getting ready to leave now, and my wife needs her 8back. ”

At first his idea did not get across.“What was he talking about!” Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife'sorthopedic walker(助步器). Istood frozen as ice, but my face was 9 . I wanted to get into a hole and hide.

    Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just 10 , I have learned to be more careful and not to be sure of myself.

    An airplane pilot felt sorry for his hungry passengers, so he bought 1all pizzas. The pilot, Gerhard Bradner, works for Frontier Airlines. His 2 was from Washington D.C. to Denver, but it had to be 3 because of bad weather. He felt hungry and thought he would order a pizza from Domino's Pizza restaurant near the airport. Then he thought his 157 passengers would also be 4 , so he ordered 50 family-sized pizzas. He paid out of his own pocket, 5 the owner of the airline said he could give Mr. Bradner the money for the 6 . He announced on board, "Ladies and gentlemen, Frontier Airlines is known for being one of the 7 airlines in the US, but your captain is not cheap. I just 8 pizzas for the whole plane."

    Mr. Bradner said his airline is like a big 9 and his passengers were part of that family. That was why he wanted to buy everyone a pizza. He also 10 reporters that he knew other pilots who had 11 food for passengers. Frontier Airlines said in a report, "Yes, the pilot did buy pizzas for the 12 . It is important to note that this isn't the first time one of our pilots has gone above and beyond the call of duty to 13 care for our customers." Bradner even got off the plane and went to meet the pizza delivery kid at the security area and helped 14 the pizza back to the plane. The manager of the Domino's Pizza said he was 15 when he took the order and the caller told him that I need to feed my whole plane.

    “You'll have to 1our baby today,” a woman tells her husband. “I'm not feeling2today.” Don't worry, dear. I'll be very3 to do so, then you can stay in bed and have a good rest.” Her husband says.” Thank you. I'll have a quiet day and I will get4soon.” His wife tells him.

    “Do I need to do the 5 for you too?” her husband asks.

    The wife is very pleased and says, “That will help me 6 I'll give you a list of things to buy.”

    She writes out the list and 7it to her husband.

    “You can get all of the things at the 8” she says. “You can put our baby in the shopping cart, then you will not have to leave him 9”

    The man takes the baby10the supermarket and puts him in the shopping cart 11the rows （排）of the things to buy and looks for those things on the list.

    12everything goes well, but the baby begins to cry. Then he begins to scream（尖叫）. And scream! Scream!

    “Keep calm（保持镇定）, George,” the man says. “Don't get angry. Don't 13, George. Don't lose your temper（脾气）, George.”

    A woman in the supermarket hears 14 the man says. She walks up to him. “I think you are15 You are so patient（耐心） with your little George.” She says to him.

    “Madam, I'm George. He's Edward.” the man says.

    Tom was very proud of his dog Blackie. Whenever he got a chance, he would ask his 1 to please his friends with some tricks.

    One day Tom went to visit his friend Jack, who was 2 at home with a bad cold. "How are you feeling?" asked Tom. " 3 than yesterday," answered Jack. "I have a terrible cough, and there is no 4 in the house." "Don't worry, Jack. I'll 5 Blackie to the drugstore for some medicine. He'll be back in a minute before you know it. "Tom put a five-dollar note in Blackie's 6 and the dog ran down the street. "And keep the change," Tom shouted after him.

    "Oh, Tom, don't be 7. You know that dog won't be back with any medicine," said Jack. "Oh, yes, he will," answered Tom. Half an hour later, however, Blackie had not 8. Tom was worried and felt angry at his friend's little smile.

    "9 has happened to him, I'm sure." said Tom. "He obeyed me as a rule." Just then Tom saw Blackie at a distance. He hurried to open the door and let him in. Jack was shocked to see a bottle of medicine in the dog's mouth.

    "Good boy," said Tom. "But what took you so long?" Blackie ran to the door, 10 and wagging his tail. Tom looked out of the door and saw a bone outside.