Love is the most (最) important thing in the world (世界). We need love in. our life and the world also needs love to get better.

When I was a little girl, I thought that my father didn't love me. He let me do everything by myself. I was afraid of darkness (黑暗)，but he let me walk home alone. When I did well in my study, he only said," Be better. "I couldn't understand (明白) him. Where was his love?

But one day, I understood his love. It was a rainy day. School was over. At first I was not happy because I didn't have an umbrella.

But then I saw that my father with a big umbrella walking in the rain. He kept me away from the rain with the umbrella and we ran home together. He was all wet. On that day, I knew my father loved me very much. I understand what love is.

It was Mother's Day last year and I was doing{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(shop) at the supermarket with my five-year-old son, Johnson. As we were leaving, we saw{#blank#}2{#/blank#} old woman fall down and hit her head on the ground. Her husband tried{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(look) after her, but there was blood(血) everywhere.

Seeing this, Johnson became very sad about what happened{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the old woman. At the front of the supermarket, a man was selling{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(flower). Johnson suggested(建议) that we should buy the old woman a flower. "It will make her{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(feel) better,"he said. I was glad that he'd come up with such a sweet idea. So we walked towards the flower seller and bought one.

{#blank#}7{#/blank#} we walked up to her, my son became scared(害 怕的) to see the blood. Instead I gave the flower to the husband and told him, "My son is sad to see what happened to your wife and wants{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(buy) this flower to make her calm(镇定的)."

The old man{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(cry) and said,"Thank you very much. You have a wonderful son. Happy Mother's Day." The man then gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. She was{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(bad) hurt, but the old woman looked up at Johnson with love in her eyes.

In a small village, a young man named Mark lived with his father, a wise old man. One day, Mark told his father {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(sad) that he made little progress in learning the guitar. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't improve. Mark asked his father {#blank#}2{#/blank#}some help. "Follow me, and I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lead) you to the high hills around the village tomorrow," said his father.

The next day, they set out. The road was long and difficult, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Mark still followed his father. As they got higher, the father said that he wanted to go to the top of the highest hill where he had never been to. Mark was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (surprise)but decided to help his father. With great difficulty, Mark helped his father climb the hill. Sometimes he even carried his father on his back. At the top, he put his father on the ground and laughed with joy.

"{#blank#}6{#/blank#}you were a little boy, sometimes you returned home with tears in your eyes," said his father. "The el der children laughed at you. Do you remember why?"

Mark nodded. He remembered that as a child, he and all his {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(friend) called this hill Mount Impossible, because small children couldn't reach its top.

"And today," said his father, "you not only climbed here, but also helped {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(I) to get here."

"I became {#blank#}9{#/blank#}bigger and stronger boy," said Mark.

"Instead of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(climb) Mount Impossible every day, you played on the smaller hills and became better at climbing," said his father. "It became possible for you to climb Mount Impossible while you weren't even thinking about it."

As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped.1 , he found that these huge creatures were being held by only small2 tied to their front legs. No chains, no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at any time,3 break away from the small ropes they were tied to, but for some reason, they did not. My friend saw a4 nearby and asked why these beautiful, large animals just stood there and never tried to get away.

"Well, " the trainer said, "when they were very5 and much smaller, we used ropes of the same size to tie their legs. They tried to break away but failed. As they grow up, they still6 they can't break away. They think the ropes can still hold them, so they7 try to break free." My friend was amazed. These elephants could make it at any time, but they were stuck right where they were8 they believed they couldn't.

Like the elephants, how many of us have9 trying something new because of our limiting belief ? What's  10 , how many of us are being held back by someone else's limiting belief? Our try may fail, but never fail to try.

There was a park near my home. But I didn't go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small. I walked quickly and found myself standing in front of two paths (小径).

"Which way should I go?" I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other.The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren't very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didn't look nice. It seemed it had not been cleaned for months. Grass grew every where. For a long time I couldn't make up my mind.

After a while, a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path. It wasn't nice, but I didn't want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen. There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.

Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I'd like to tell them that if they had followed the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. ____. They couldn't even remember that path because it was so small.

My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life. Don't be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!

Emilio Santana is a fourteen-year-old boy. He is a ninth grader. He spends two hours a day playing 1 every day. He has been preparing 2 something since the third grade. 

He was at the beach. A little girl at the beach was going to the 3 . She took her hat off and her hair went with 4 . She was so 5 and felt embarrassed (尴尬的), and that picture 6 in Emilio's mind for a long time. The young girl's struggle (挣扎) 7 him to do something helpful. He started keeping his 8 to help sick children. They have lost their hair because of illness. 

For many years, Emilio grew his hair 9 one goal (目标) in mind: to give it to people who need it and truly help someone. "Knowing that I could 10 a big part in somebody else's life and bring joy to them, it made me want to change other people's lives into 11 ones," he explained. 

Growing his hair wasn't always 12 . Emilio faced difficulties because he is an athlete (运动员). Keeping long hair while being active in sports was very difficult. He also heard bad words from 13 . "Even when I got some words like 'boys shouldn't have long hair' and things like that, I decided to do it because I get to see 14 smile and make his or her life better." Emilio said. 

He kept going even though he met many difficulties, and he 15 made his dream come true. His hair has been given to children with hair loss (脱发) for free.