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fearfully.The fright in its eyes said everything.
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After at least a minute or so of trying to
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free the dog,Mike found his plan much more
One never knows what one is going to find
difficult in practice than it had stayed inside his
when one steps out into the world.Even
own head.The hot sun was beating down.
something as simple as a walk through your
Drops of sweat running down his face,Mike sat
neighborhood can result in either mild
down on the ground and scratched his head
excitement or unusual adventure if the cards
with annoyance,thinking about what in the
are right.
world his next move was going to be.Beside
On a sunny afternoon,Mike journeyed into
him,the dog curled up into a ball,whining
the construction site near his home.Suddenly,
miserably.
he heard something coming from around the
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side of a nearby building.It sounded like the
Then Mike went around to the other side
whining(哀鸣)cries of an animal.He curiously
of the wall and grabbed hold of the stick.
turned the corner,only to see a small dog
standing on its back legs and wagging its tail
pitifully.He then noticed that the poor thing
seemed to be stuck at the waist between a small
concrete wall and an even smaller broken
Eventually,with the few well-positioned
wooden fence.
pieces of wood,Mike managed to insert his
The poor animal's difficult situation was
stick in the right way.
pretty obvious and Mike knew that if he did
nothing and left the dog there,it might not
survive.He had no idea how long the animal
had been there up until that point.It might not
have eaten or drunk anything in days.
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Determined to help,he looked around to find a
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stick,proceeded to climb up onto the cement
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slab and pointed his stick back at the clog.He
It was a cool evening in spring.I was just
was trying to pry(撬动)above the animal by
finishing the dinner dishes when the phone
inserting the stick between the cement wall and
rang.It was unusual because our landline
the smaller,broken wall,but the terrified
seldom rang.Nearly everyone we knew
animal obviously didn't know his intention and
contacted us on our cellphones.
attempted to bite at the tool and barked at him
“This is Janet Rhodes,”said a familiar
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voice that I struggled to place.That name
weeks,her words caused me to second-guess
seemed familiar,too.I knew a lot of people,
everything I did with my students.I doubted
having lived on two coasts and in most major
my ability and even my own heart.Despite how
cities in California for the past thirty years.
her mother had treated me,I knew I would
"I am calling because I need to apologize to
discipline Stephanie again if she acted out.It
you,"Janet stated.That's when I suddenly
was the right thing to do.
realized who she was.
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"That day when I came into your
And now,two decades later,the angry
classroom and blamed you for disciplining my
mother was apologizing to me.
daughter,I was way out of line.I know now
that you were doing what was best for her.You
were right."
Twenty years earlier,it was only my
second year of teaching.Janet's daughter,
"Can you find it in your heart to forgive
Stephanie,had acted out toward some of the
me?"Janet asked finally.
other girls in the classroom,and I had made her
stay in from breaks between classes.I was kind
and fair when I punished her.The truth was
that I really liked Stephanie,but she clearly
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didn't like being disciplined.She told her
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mother,and Janet felt the need to defend her
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child.
After a very long wait,Mother and I were
After school,she flew into my classroom
relieved to see our dog delivered 6 puppies!
and accused me of everything from being unfair
The sixth was the smallest and black and
to playing favorites to not caring about my
white,.I named her“Precious”.I picked her up
students.She was yelling so loudly that every
and laid her on top of the large pile of puppies,
teacher in the building heard her accusations,
who were trying to suckle(吃奶).Mother dog
including my principal.
immediately pushed Precious away from the
Her words shocked me because none of
rest of the group.She refused to recognize
her criticisms was true.I managed to keep from
Precious as a member of her family.
crying while she stood in front of me,but as
“Something's wrong,”said Mother.
soon as she left the room,I broke down.I cried
I reached over and picked up Precious.My
all evening on and off through that sleepless
heart sank when I saw the little puppy had a
night.I had once felt such joy teaching my
cleft lip(唇裂)and could not close her little
kids,but now I felt like I was under a
mouth.Precious would die because she could
microscope in my classroom.For the next few
not suckle.
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I purchased a syringe(注射器)and fed
Precious by holding it.I did this every day and
One year later,I was so surprised when
night,for more than ten days.The little puppy
that boy with Precious came to me.
survived and learned to eat on her own as long
as it was soft food.
Vacation was over and my new school life
would begin.So I placed an ad for the puppies
on the Internet.Within several days,all had
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been picked up by their new families,except
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Precious.I decided to keep her and give her an
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operation if my parents saved enough money.
I received an urgent call from my aunt.
That night at around seven thirty,Mother
"Turn on the TV.Granny's on the Channel 10
and I were eating supper when we heard a
news."It turned out that Granny had made a
knock on the front door.When I opened the
sandwich run for her office and was stopped at
door,there was a lady with her son standing
a red light downtown.She had the window
behind.After knowing the purpose of their
rolled down to enjoy the breeze when a man
coming,I explained to them there were no
rushed up to the driver's side window,
puppies left.
intending to carjack(劫车)her.
Just at that moment,Precious left in the
Now,what the would-be carjacker couldn't
bedroom began to bark.
have known was that this woman simply wasn't
“My puppy!My puppy!”yelled the little
“a granny”.This was Nancy Johnson-the
boy as he ran out from behind his mother.
same woman who owned and lived on a Texas
I just about fell over when I saw that the
cattle farm,drove her own tractors,and dug
small child also had a cleft lip.
her own post holes to lay fence.The week
The boy ran past me as fast as he could,
before,she had shot a rattlesnake and chopped
down the hall to where the puppy was still
off its head with a shovel.She was the proud
barking.Holding the puppy in his arms,he
owner of the new minivan(小型货车)she was
looked up at his mother and said,"Look,
driving.In other words,she was not your
Mummy.They found homes for all the puppies
normal kind of granny.
except the pretty one,and it looks just
The carjacker leaned into the open
like me!”
window,one hand stuffed in his pocket,and
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said,"Get out of this car.I have a gun,and I
The boy bent there pressing his cheek
will shoot you."A statement like that would
against the small puppy.
have terrified anyone else.Instead,Granny saw
it as a challenge."If you really had a gun in
your pocket,you would have pulled it out and
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led with that first,"she shouted at him,
(千斤顶),and offered money.Nothing..Right
apparently unworried.
as I was about to give up,a Mexican family in a
She was right.The carjacker didn't have a
small truck pulled over,and the father bounded
gun.He instead reached into the window,
out.
grabbed her,and tried to pull her out of the
He sized up the situation and called for his
van.He pulled open the door,wildly catching
daughter,who spoke English.He conveyed
Granny's arms.Granny leaned her shoulder
through her that he had a jack but that it was
inside to press the horn(喇g叭)and started
too small for the Jeep,so we would need
yelling to make people around notice what was
something to support it.Then he got a saw
happening.With the door now open,she held
from the truck and cut a section out of a
tight the steering wheel with one arm and
big log on the side of the road.We rolled it over
started kicking the man anywhere her foot
and put his jack on top,and we were in
could make contact.This tall woman had quite
business.
a reach.
I started taking the wheel off,and then,if
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you can believe it,I broke his tire iron.No
After a well-placed kick,the man was
worries:He handed it to his wife,and she was
done,and attempted to release her and run.
gone in a flash down the road to buy a new tire
iron.She was back in 15 minutes.We finished
the job,and I was a very happy man.
The two of us were dirty and sweaty.His
wife prepared a pot of water for us to wash our
Later,we asked,"Granny,don't you
hands.I tried to put a $20 bill in the man's
realize you could have got yourself killed?"
hand,but he wouldn't take it,so instead I
went up to the truck and gave it to his wife as
quietly as I could.I asked the little girl where
they lived..“Mexico,”she said..They were in
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Oregon so Mommy and Daddy could work on a
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fruit farm for the next few weeks.Then they
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would go home.
During this past year,I've had three
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instances of car trouble.Each time these things
When I was about to say goodbye,the girl
happened,I was sick of the way most people
asked if I'd had lunch.
hadn't bothered to help.One of those times,I
was on the side of the road for close to three
hours with my big Jeep.I put signs in the
windows,big signs that said NEED A JACK
After they left,I got into my Jeep and
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opened the paper bag.
those baseballs were some of his only
belongings,Mike couldn't afford to lose them.
He decided to go down to get them.
The 55-year-old man made his way down
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the gap,but things quickly turned difficult."I
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saw it was narrow at the bottom but I'm thin,
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very thin,"Mike said later.Moments later,the
Honolulu is the capital and largest city of
space was too small for him to fit,yet he kept
the US state of Hawaii,known as a best
going with his eye on his baseballs.As he went
vacation spot for most Americans.In this
down a little lower and a little lower,he
capital city,you'll find everything from historic
realised there might be no way coming back and
landmarks to fine dining to world-class
he had actually got himself stuck between two
shopping.Stretching across the southeastern
walls.Mike felt worried.
shores of the island,from Pearl Harbor to
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Makapuu Point and including world-famous
He began to think of all means to get out.
Waikiki Beach along the way,Honolulu is
home to the majority of Oahu's population.
Michael Anthony is one of them.Michael gets
to call this place home.There's only one
problem-he is homeless.
One passer-by heard his shout and
Unable to afford to live in his own place,
telephoned the police.
he relies on the streets and beaches of this
charming city to rest his head.He also takes
advantage of the beautiful weather by playing
baseball outside.He had a tough life but was
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happy and positive.Earning himself the
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nicknamet(绰号),“Baseball Mike”,many of his
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friends know where to find him-on the roof of
One rainy spring day,Mom became a
a former parking garage.There,he practices
single mother.My little brother was two,my
his skills,in the hope of one day making it big.
sister was eight,and I was fourteen.Those first
On the very morning of this Friday,Mike
weeks were especially hard before our small
was hitting some baseballs when he lost one in
monthly support payments began.Mom found
a narrow gap.After losing a total of six balls,
work in a potato-chip factory,but didn't get
he decided to go down after them.The space
paid right away.
between the walls was so narrow that Mike
That first Saturday morning as she left for
wasn't sure how he could fit.But thinking
work,Mom said,"I don't know what you'll
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cook for supper.I won't get paid until
Monday,but I'm out of money,and our
shelves are bare."She laughed,but tears filled
When Mom returned,we had food on the
her eyes.
table.“Where did you get this?”Mom asked.
"Does that fairy tale have a happy ending?
No,but we'll do better,"I said."I'll try to get
us food today."My words sounded brave even
to myself.She shook her head and went to
work.
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I had planted a garden in our backyard.
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The lettuce(莴苣)and peas were up,but
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nothing was ready to eat.I looked through the
A teacher in New York decided to honor
kitchen and discovered Mom was right.We only
each of her seniors in high school by telling
had cereal(麦片)for our breakfast.
them the difference they each made.She called
While my sister and brother played,I
each student to the front of the class,one at a
tidied the house.I was washing our front-room
time.First,she told them how the student made
window when a cheery man in a blue shirt came
a difference to her and the class.Then she
over and rang the doorbell.Although I'd never
presented each of them with a blue ribbon(
seen him before,his big smile made me
imprinted with gold letters which read,
trust him.
“Who I Am Makes a Difference..”
When I opened the door,he asked,"Have
Afterwards the teacher decided to do a
you heard about the new grocery store a mile
class project to see what kind of influence
from here?Today is its grand opening."
recognition would have on a community.She
I nodded.I'd seen its signs as I rode past
gave each of the students three more ribbons
on the school bus.
and instructed them to go out and spread this
“They're giving away gift coupons(优惠
acknowledgment ceremony.Then they were to
券)to celebrate.”He pulled three white cards
follow up on the results,see who honored
from his shirt pocket and handed them to me.
whom and report back to the class in about a
"The first is for a huge loaf of bread,the
week.
second is for a gallon of milk,and the third lets
One of the boys in the class went to a
you choose half a gallon of your favourite flavor
junior manager in a nearby company and
of ice cream,”
honored him for helping him with his career
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planning.The boy gave him a blue ribbon and
I stared."Really?There's no purchase
put it on his shirt.Then he gave him two extra
required?”
ribbons,and told him what it was all about.
Later that day,the junior manager went in
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to see his boss,who had been noted,by the
from the toys spread on the card table and
way,as being kind of a conceited(傲慢的)
asked about the price.Dana told him everything
fellow.He seated his boss down and told him
was a quarter except Nezumi,a cotton toy rat.
that he deeply admired him for being a creative
It was grey with some cotton sticking out from
genius.The boss seemed very surprised.The
the hole where an ear had been torn off.
junior manager asked him if he would accept
"Nezumi is extra special,so he is ten
the gift of the blue ribbon and give him
dollars.He needs a safe new home,"Dana
permission to put it on him.His surprised boss
sighed.Tim laughed,saying he didn't have ten
said,"Well,sure."The junior manager took the
dollars.Dana laughed too and gave Nezumi to
blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's
Tim as a free gift because he was her friend.
jacket above his heart.
When Tim whispered that it was sort of old,
As he gave him the last extra ribbon,he
Dana said old toys were the best.She then
said,"Would you do me a favor?Would you
invited Tim to her birthday party the next
take this extra ribbon and pass it on by
evening,adding that her parents were giving
honoring somebody else?The young boy who
her a real rat for her birthday.Tim was amazed
first gave me the ribbons is doing project in
and asked if it was a live rat.
school and we want to keep this recognition
“Of course,”Dana said,
ceremony going and find out how it affects
At home,Tim's mother showed him the
people.”
gift she had bought for Dana.It was a knitting
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spool(针织线轴)shaped like a mushroom.
That night the boss came home to his 14-
Mom said Dana could knit a scarf for her doll.
year-old son.
Tim sighed that Dana wasn't knitting kind of
person but a rat kind of person.Mom laughed
after knowing what had happened.Together
they drove to the pet store,where Tim
"My days are really busy and I don't pay a
searched and searched and selected a clear
lot of attention to you,"continued the father.
plastic ball,in which the rat could run around
on the floor safe from cats and dogs.Tim
thought of Nezumi's ear and decided Dana's
new rat would need this ball.
The next day,Dana brought cupcakes to
the class.When she handed a cupcake to Tim,
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she asked if Tim brought Nezumi to school as
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Nezumi liked to ride in backpacks.Tim was at
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a loss because Nezumi was at home on his bed.
At Dana's yard sale,Tim chose a baseball
Then Dana asked what gift he was giving her.
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Tim replied that it was a surprise.In silence
anybody knew who the guy was.
they sat for a while before he heard Dana say
Within hours,Gilleece got a text from 17-
her parents were giving her a new bike for her
year-old Prather,who admitted having taken
birthday instead of a live rat because they
the wallet and told Gilleece he'd done it because
thought rats would bite things.
he hadn't eaten for two days.He said he saw
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the ring but thought it was fake(假的),sohe
At home that afternoon,Tim stared at the
took the money and threw the wallet off the
plastic rat ball.
dock(码头)into the ocean.Then he bought a
sandwich.
Gilleece,unsure whether he believed
Prather,told the teen to meet him at the dock,
All of a sudden,he had an idea.
where they got talking and Prather revealed
that he wasn't getting along with his family and
had been living in the woods for a week.
Judging from Prather's small body and red
cheeks,Gilleece saw him for what he was:
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more of a kid than a criminal.
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But the police were already on the case,
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and because of the missing ring,Prather could
An anxious call came into Jimmy Gilleece's
be facing charges."He would be going to big
bar.A newly married woman,who had spent
boy prison.I have to help him somehow,"
the afternoon at the bar,couldn't find her
Gilleece thought.
wallet.She didn't care about her ID,credit
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cards,or 150 in cash-but her wedding ring
Gilleece paid two divers to search the
was inside.
waters where Prather had thrown the wallet.
Gilleece didn't like the idea that a theft
could have occurred at his place.So he set out
to look for the wallet.He spent hours looking
through security camera videos,watching the
woman's every step in the bar until she went to
Then suddenly a diver came up to the
sit on a bench outside and left when her ride
surface of the water.
arrived.Within minutes,a young man
approached the bench,slipped something into
his pocket,and walked off.Gilleece posted a
clip(片段)on the bar's website..“I didn't want
to punish him,”he said..“I just asked if
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introduce the courses and a Chinese traditional sport.
student.It is your kindness and consideration that make my stay
Initially.there are two PE classes every week in which basic
here so enjoyable.
courses.including playing basketball and running.are
The beautiful scenery,the nice environment and kind local
compulsory.Additionally,the school sports meeting is held
people impress me so much.Not only have I learned a lot about
annually.which is well received.Eventually,I recommend you
your culture,but also I have practiced my spoken English.The
to learn Tai Chi,a traditional Chinese sport,for practicing it
time when I stayed with you left me such a warm and deep
regularly will help you stay fit physically and mentally.
impression.What a meaningful and unforgettable experience!
Look forward to your arrival!
I am expecting your visit to China!
Yours sincerely.
Yours.
Li Hua
Li Hua
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The First Community Culture Festival Was a Success
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To promote the traditional Chinese culture,the First
Volunteering in the Sunshine Children's Home
Community Culture Festival was held in our community during
Last Sunday.some students from Class 7.Senior 3 went to
the May Day holidays.
the Sunshine Children's Home for voluntary work.
There were various activities during the festival,including
On arrival,they presented the kids with gifts.Then they
the competition of paper cutting and the chess match,both of
involved the kids in activities.Some taught the older to draw
which residents took an active part in.Besides,an exhibition of
pictures,Others told stories to the younger.Later they held a
the photography and calligraphy works from some residents
party playing games,singing and dancing together.All day the
attracted people of all ages.With the enthusiastic participation
kids were immersed in happiness.
and support of the residents.the festival turned out a great
Voluntary work of this kind is significant.Not only does it
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enrich students'life experiences,but also it inspires their social
I was astonished at residents'creativity and teamwork
responsibility.
spirits,As an amateur reporter,I do hope more similar
activities.which could enrich people's life.will be reported.
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Dear Mike.
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Knowing that you are interested in Chinese poets.I would
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like to introduce my favorite poet Li Bai to you.
Then Mike went around to the other side of the wall and
Li Bai is regarded as one of the greatest poets in China's
grabbed hold of the stick.He tried from a different angle.For a
literary history.He is best known for his imagination and
brief moment,he made eye contact with the dog in an attempt to
creativity.He wrote a large number of world-famous poems,
assure the dog that he was there to save him.Seeming to sense
such as Homesick on a Quiet Night and Hard Roads in Shu.His
his kindness,the dog became calmer and less scared.However.
poems have had a great effect on the world and some of them
after several unsuccessful attempts,he sank himself to the
have been translated into different languages.
ground.frustrated.Just at the moment,he glanced at some pieces
In a word,he made great contributions to Chinese literature
of wood.An idea occurred to him.He tried wedging the pieces
and deserves to be recognized as the fairy poet.Hope what I have
into the gap,pried and pushed.At the same time,he stayed
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cautious not to frighten the poor dog.
Yours,
Eventually,with the few well-positioned pieces of wood.
Li Hua
Mike managed to insert his stick in the right way.A little
unsteadily,the animal got to its feet and pulled itself out fully.
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"Yes!"The rescuer exclaimed in excitement,unable to deal with
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blood dropping off his hand-he was injured while saving the
Dear David.
dog.Behind him,the dog wagged its tail furiously and sniffed at
I'm delighted that you will come to our school as an
his feet,happy to be free.Mike knelt down and stroked the dog.
exchange student.Since you enjoy sports,I would like to saying."Go home.boy!"Seeing the dog disappear in the
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distance.Mike continued his way.bathed in the warm sunshine.
hours and hours of farm work.That poor fool didn't have a
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chance.She shouted for help to bystanders.and they rushed to
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her aid.With Granny leading the charge.a group of strangers
And now,two decades later.the angry mother was
came together and pinned the man to the sidewalk,holding him
apologizing to me.The hurtful thing had become ancient history
there until the police came.A silver-haired woman had just made
to me,though her accusations affected me too deeply for much
a citizen's arrest.
too long.I've now learned to process criticisms much more
Later.we asked,"Granny,don't you realize you could have
quickly,accepting what's true,dismissing what's not,and moving
got yourself killed?"Granny's answer was surprisingly amusing
on with my mission in life.So.in essence.her apology wasn't
and simple,"I wasn't scared of that little idiot.I'd had my brand-
necessary for my well-being because I had done the work of
new van for less than two days and a pack of good sandwiches for
restoration on my own.I was grateful for that.On the other
my office.And there was no way he was going to get either of
hand,how much courage this lady had to make this call!It moved
those!"But we all learned an important lesson from her that
me,
day-the same lesson that had been building through the years.
"Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?"Janet asked
She encouraged us to push boundaries and expectations.But even
finally.I responded that she was a hero to me.After all these
more so,she taught us fearlessness.
years,she could have just forgotten about that.But she went to
such effort to make things right.I was both blessed and
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impressed.We spent the rest of our short conversation about
When I was about to say goodbye.the girl asked if I'd had
Stephanie before we hung up.As I refleet on that evening.I am
lunch.I told her I hadn't had lunch because I'd been waiting here
still in awe of Janet's growth,courage,and determination to
for help for nearly three hours.The girl said they didn't have
apologize for the hurt she caused so many years ago.Her apology
lunch either.She suggested that we have lunch together.Their
truly was an unexpected blessing.
truck happened to have some food and some things for the picnic.
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So we ate together in a vacant lot by the side of the road.During
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that time,I told about what had happened to me and how I felt.
The boy bent there pressing his cheek against the small
They shared interesting stories about their lives in Mexico and on
puppy.Seemingly understanding what was happening,"the pretty
fruit farms.After lunch,the girl's mother put a paper bag of
one"licked the boy's face again and again.I even saw the bright
fruit in my Jeep.I showed my gratitude again and we said
smiles on his face."They are the perfeet pair!"I thought.Moved
goodbye to each other.
by the warm scene deeply.I decided to give them the puppy for
After they left,I got into my Jeep and opened the paper
free when the mother inquired the price,though I was so devoted
bag.There are some delicate fruits in the paper bag.I was
to my puppy!When they said goodbye with the puppy to me.I
surprised to find the money I had quietly left them.At the same
hoped the pair could have a warm and happy life.
time,there was a note written by a girl,which read,"We are
One year later,I was so surprised when that boy with
very happy to be able to help you,We have encountered many
Precious came to me.Both of their cleft lips disappeared!
difficulties and been disappointed.But we met a lot of helpful
Precious rushed to me the moment she saw me.After hesring
people,which made us feel very warm.To help others with one's
their story.I knew he came to me specially to express his
own ability is also a kind of lifting a finger.The beauty of life
gratitude."The pretty one"really gave him happiness and lifted
comes from these lifting a finger.I hope you have a good life and
his spirits in the hard time."We are in one!"the boy said.
a happy mood.This made me very moved,and I would try my
holding the puppy tightly.Any worries I'd had about the puppy's
best to help more people in the future to make our world more
future were gone.Now the image of the little boy and his
beautiful and warmer.
matching puppy still stays with me.My Precious has found her
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He began to think of all means to get out.Trying all his best
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and getting up by himself,Mike aimed at stepping back,but he
After a well-placed kick.the man was done,and attempted to
even couldn't move a little,for the space between the walls was
release her and run.But Granny wouldn't stand for that.It was
so narrow.He hoped that other baseball players would come and
now her turn to grab onto him.her hands made strong from
give him a hand.However.it was so early and not time for them
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to play outside.Also,being homeless meant he didn't have a
started to sob.and he couldn't stop crying.He looked at his
cellphone.Having been trapped for almost one hour,he did the
father and said through his tears."I was planning on committing
only thing he could think of-shouting loudly for help.
suicide tomorrow.Dad,because I didn't think you loved me.Now
One passer-by heard his shout and telephoned the police.
I needn't do that.
The police station immediately sent some rescuers to the site.
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They communicated with Mike the entire time,initially tried
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lowering a rope but found he was unable to catch it.In a last-
At home that afternoon.Tim stared at the plastic rat ball.
ditch effort.they used concrete-cutting saws to break through
Wondering about the use of the clear plastic ball if Dana had no
one of the walls and create an opening.Eventually the policemen
rat,he started walking up and down the room with a frown on
were able to free Mike successfully.Mike was taken to the
his face.Mom was surprised and asked him what was
nearest hospital at once.Thankfully.he recovered from the
happening.Tim told her Dana wasn't getting a live rat from her
accident soon and began to play baseball again.
parents but a bike.As they were racking their brains to come up
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with an appropriate gift.Tim turned around and saw Nezumi on
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his bed.
I stared..“Really?There's no purehase required?”“None at
All of a sudden.he had an idea.He lifted Nezumi and
all.These are free.Go and see."I thanked him and went to the
squeezed Nezumi into the plastie ball with great caution so that
store with my brother and sister,where colourful balloons still
Nezumi would be safe from cats and dogs.Seeing this.Mom
announced the grand opening.We walked inside and showed our
asked Tim whether he was giving Dana an old cotton rat with one
cards to the nearest clerk."It says these are gift coupons,"she
ear as a gift.Tim nodded with a smile,saying she would
said."These items are absolutely free."We could hardly believe
definitely like it.Looking at Mom's confused expression.Tim
it.We picked up the goods and left the store with broad smiles.
added that Dana was a Nezumi kind of person who thought old
When Mom returned.we had food on the table."Where did
toys were the BEST.
you get this?"Mom asked."Guess...!"I said.And then I
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showed her the ice cream in the fridge.She had her eyes wide
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open."Where did all these come from?"she asked.I told her
Gilleece paid two divers to search the waters where Prather
about the man who gave me the cards and the new grocery store
had thrown the wallet.A crowd gathered,excitedly watching the
as we had our meal.She shook her head again,this time with a
two divers searching in the strong current.Nearby,two policemen
sense of wonder.I could see tears of relief welled up in her eyes.
were also waiting.More than an hour passed but there was no
sign of the ring.The crowd gradually got impatient.starting to
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talk noisily.Gilleece grew increasingly worried,especially when
That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son.He
the policemen began questioning Prather.attempting to get him
said."The most incredible thing happened to me today.I was in
to admit keeping the ring.Each passing minute increased the
my office when one of the junior managers came in and told me he
chance that they would arrest the young man.
admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative
Then suddenly a diver came up to the surface of the water.
genius.Then he put this blue ribbon that says 'Who I Am Makes
In his hand was the wallet and inside was the ring.Loud cheers
a Difference'on my jacket.He gave me an extra ribbon and asked
erupted from the crowd.Gilleece quickly called the wallet's
me to find somebody else to honor.As I was driving home
owner,who was wild with joy and immediately dropped the
tonight.I started thinking about whom I would honor with this
charges against Prather.With tears of gratitude rolling down his
ribhon and I thought about you.I want to honor you."
cheeks,Prather hugged Gilleece tightly,saying,"You saved me
"My days are really busy and I don't pay a lot of attention to
today.I couldn't thank you enough!"Prather promised to go back
you,"continued the father."Sometimes I scream st you.but
home to join his family,Gilleece's act of kindness changed a teen's
somehow tonight,I just let you know that you make a difference
life.
to me.You're a great kid and I love you!"The startled boy
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