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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.

The Water City of Venice

    In 1980s, I went to Italy for business. One day, I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice(威尼斯), Italy, the city of lights and 1.

    As we enjoyed our coffee, a young man2 glasses entered and sat at an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there 3 the wall.”

    We heard this order with interest and found that he 4 with one cup of coffee but he paid for two.

    When he left, the waiter 5 a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.

    While we were still there, 6 middle-aged men entered and ordered three cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but 7 three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same. He put a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A Cup of Coffee”.

    It was 8 and perplexing(困惑)for us. We finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.

    After a few days, we had a chance  9 this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man 10 dressed entered. As he seated himself, he 11 the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.”

    The waiter served coffee to this man with the customary(惯常的)respect. The man had his coffee and left  12 paying.

    We were amazed to watch all this, as the waiter 13 a piece of paper from the wall and threw it into the rubbish bin.

    Now it was no 14 for us-the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by the inhabitants(居民)of this town 15 our eyes well up in tears.

    Many years later, when I went to Venice for business again, I did the same thing as my appreciation to this beautiful world.

    Sometimes it is very helpful for some animals to live with people. And let me tell you a story that happened to me.

    My neighborhood is very busy, and I 1 in a tall building. There are ten floors in the building and I am in 2 floor. I have a 3. She is grandma Li. Her 4 goes away so she lives alone. She likes 5 very much. She has a cute dog in her house. She loves it very much and the dog is very 6 to her.

    I often visit her when I am 7. Sometimes I play with the dog for a long time and take the dog out for a walk.

    Last night, when I was asleep, the dog barked a lot outside my door. So I quickly opened the door. Then I realized there was something 8 with grandma Li. I went to her house quickly. There was a big 9 in the house and grandma Li was insensible (无知觉的). I 10 quickly and then the firemen came. They put out the fire soon and grandma Li was saved.

    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.

    Tom and Linda were working in a big factory together. One day they were asked to go on a business trip. So they had to find a babysitter to take care of their two lovely babies.

    A week later, as they drove into their home town they noticed some 1 and went to see what it was. A house was on fire! Linda said, “Well, the house isn't ours. Let's go.”

    But Tom kept driving closer and said, “The house belongs to Fred. It has nothing to do with us, so let's go,” said Linda. Tom drove up and said nothing. A woman was 2 in the street. “My children! Help! Help!”

    Tom asked her to show him 3 her children were. “In the bathroom.” cried the woman. 4Linda didn't agree. Tom hurried to the bathroom which is full of smoke. He soon found two children. As he left, he could 5 some other sound like crying. He quickly sent the two children to a 6place. But he was told two more children were 7 inside. Linda shouted 8, “Don't go back! That house will fall down at any moment.”

    Tom went back by feeling his way down into the room. It seemed a century had passed before he find both the children and the way back. When they 9, Tom was so excited to find that he just saved his own children!

    The babysitter 10 them at this house while she did some shopping.