When I was young, my parents did not earn much. They had to save before they could ________ to buy groceries, especially meat.

Every time Mr Lee, the butcher, came to our ________, he would bring along a basketful of meat on his bicycle to his stall (摊位). Everyone would ________ to buy whatever pieces of meat he had because once they were sold out, no one ________ when they would be available again

One day, Mrs Ming, our neighbour, ________ my mother that Mr Lee was coming to sell meat the following day. I ________ very early the next morning because my mother told me to buy some meat. My brother, Ah Seng, ________ himself at his usual spot to look out for Mr Lee’s bicycle. Once Ah Seng saw Mr Lee, he alerted me. With my ________, I then ran quickly to the market. With Ah Seng’s help, I was ________ that I would reach the stall early. ________, when I arrived, a long line of villagers had already formed.

When Mr Lee started selling the meat, the ________ cleared quickly. When it was almost my _________, all the meat was sold out. I walked home with my empty basket, ________. What should I tell my mother?

As I was nearing home, Mrs Ming saw me. She ________ me and gave me some meat. I breathed a sigh of relief. I could not forget her ________.

This past summer was really special for Jaequan Faulkner, a 13-year-old boy living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He set up a hot dog ________ outside his home to make some extra money. The boy took care to make sure that all food was fresh and clean. People in the neighborhood ________ the boy's spirit, but there was only one ________—he didn't have a permit.

When the Department of Health received a ________ instead of shutting down Jaequan’s stand, they did something ________. They helped the teenager get a permit so that his business could _________ .

Daniel Huff, director of the department, said they were ________ to help a young man with such a sense of business. The health inspectors helped to pay for his first permit. ________, Huff took another step and helped connect Jaequan with the Economic Opportunity Network, which gave the young businessman tips on ________ a small business.

“I was kind of ________ and so grateful,” Jaequan said about all the ________ . “Because usually I would have one person at a time helping me, but there ________ to be so many kind people at once.”

The food stand now operates with a ________ and is open four hours daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jaequan handles 90 percent of the business, and he is also planning to ________ to organizations that assist teenagers in need. With such a ________, the boy surely is going to have a bright future.

The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was ___________, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt: “The trouble with you is that you won’t ___________ yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view?” I shook my head ___________— and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could ___________ out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really ___________. I started calling the ___________in the phone book, but no one could see me ___________. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.

“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will ___________ you in.” I took my purse and keys and ___________ to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so ____________ to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?

In the dentist’s office, I sat down and ____________. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more ____________. The assistant ____________ my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.

When I told her my ________, she laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The dentist is very good.”

“How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked ____________.

“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and ____________. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.

“The artwork?” I was ____________.

The chair went back, suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling. How ____________ the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend ____________ by her words.

What a ____________!