Many years ago, my dad worked in a children's hospital.

    A girl in the hospital had a 1 illness. She couldn't move her hands or feet. She could only move her head. She 2 on bed every day and she was very sad. Even the 3 couldn't help her.

    My dad 4 to try his best to help her. He brought paints, brushes and paper to her room. He hung (挂) the paper on the wall, put the brush in his 5 and began to paint. He didn't use his hands at all. Only his head moved. My dad 6 the girl, “See, you can do anything you want to do.”

    Soon the girl began to paint using her own mouth. She and my dad became good friends. But my dad fell ill 7 that time and he had to stay at home.

    Two months later, my dad went back to the children's hospital. 8 he went into the hospital, the girl ran to him and hugged him tightly (紧紧地). She gave my dad a picture and said, “I 9 this picture with my hands. Thank you for helping me.”

    My dad would cry every time he told us this 10. He would say, “Sometimes love is more powerful (有力量的) than doctors.”

    Little Bob was born in a poor village in New York. His father has been ill for a long time and cannot do any 1at all. Bob's mother is very busy with the housework 2 working. Bob understands how hard his mother works, and he always helps her3some housework. 4 he does too much housework, his mother is still very strict with him. There are some family rules for Bob.

    He must5his things in his room and keep them tidy. If he makes them dirty, he must clean them up 6. He is allowed to keep a parrot, a cat and a dog, but he must feed them often and give them water 7 every day. After school, he is allowed to play with his pets for a short time. 8 his clothes, he isn't allowed to choose his own clothes. On school nights, he can't go out 9 and only on weekends, he is allowed to watch TV.

    Sometimes Bob hates the rules so much that he wants to break them, but he thinks the rules his mother has made are 10 him, so he faithfully obeys them.

    I was on my way to work. Arriving at the station I found my train was 1 because of the bad weather. I had to 2 for two hours at the bus station. A lady sat beside me. I could notice how 3 she looked. She seemed very worried. I asked her if she was waiting for the next train. She didn't 4 . I asked her again. She replied, "Uhuh. Yes." Then she wiped(擦) her eyes.

    I said, "Hey dear, what is wrong? Why are you crying?" She told me her story. She told me that her father 5 the year before. She used to have a job, but she wanted to look after her sick mother who lived alone, 6 she stopped working. Her family was 7 and she could not pay the doctor's bills (账单) of her mother .Then she said she even planned to kill herself. I was shocked!

    She stayed another half an hour while I tried to comfort her to be brave. I told her I would try to get her a good 8 that would pay well. And I told her to believe she could have a better life.

    I passed her my 9 and asked her to ring me if she needed help. She smiled and said, "Thanks for your 10 and I promise. I won't have any more terrible thoughts. I will live long and well."

    A group of boys gathered around a tree. "What a tall tree!" they said to each other. "It would be 1to climb to the top!"

    The group of boys then decided to play a game to see who could climb to the top of the tree2. Their mothers were sitting not far away, looking on at their children as they 3.

    One of the climbers was an 8-year-old boy named David. He was the shortest child in the group. Nobody thought he would4 the competition.

    Then the game started. All of the boys tried their best to climb as5 as they could. Although they all made it halfway up the tree before David did, he reached the top of the tree fastest6.

    His mother was proud to see this. She asked him, "David, how did you 7to reach the top of the tree so quickly?"

    "It was easy," David said. "The other children kept looking down as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they got scared(恐惧的) and were afraid of    8down. I, however, looked only 9. When I saw how close I was, I kept going higher and higher until I reached the top."

    It is true in life that if we just keep going forward without looking back, we are more likely to reach our goals(目标).