A couple had a son eleven years after they married. They were a(n)________ couple and the boy was the apple of their eye. When the boy was around four years old, one day the father was very ________ after work so he asked his wife to ________ their son. The mother, who was very busy in the kitchen, totally ________ it.

Later, the boy lost his ________ on the street. When the son was found missing, the mother ________ to look for him, but she didn't find him. The mother felt extremely ________ and didn't know how to ________ her husband.

When the father went to the police station after hearing that the son was ________, he looked at his wife and said just four words. The husband just said “I love you, darling.”

If the wife had picked up the son earlier, the whole thing would not have happened.________, there is no point in blaming (责备) anyone. His wife had also lost her only ________

What his wife needed at that moment was ________ and understanding from her husband. That is what the husband ________ his wife. Several weeks later, with the help of the police, the couple finally ________ their lost son. The family's relationship became ________ over that time.

Sometimes we spend lots of time asking who is to blame. We miss many chances to give each other support and let each other feel the warmth of human relationships.

Jenny Ferguson, a young mother, walked around a grocery in California, looking for diapers(尿布) for her four-month-old daughter Anne. She was _________ because of the unreasonably high prices. _________, a set of three diaper packets which was on sale caught her attention. She _________ her coins and discovered she could pay for them. She quickly _________ to the cashier with the packets, hiding her _________. The cashier looked at her from head to toe, giving her a dirty look. “That’s $ 30.”

“$ 30?!” cried Jenny. “But there’s a discount! They should be a lot _________.”

“I’m sorry, lady. The deal has been invalid(无效的)!” the cashier _________.

“Oh, no,” she whispered, teary-eyed. “I can’t _________ it. Can you please give me a _________?” The cashier laughed, “Nice try, woman. But tears won’t work here.”

Jenny couldn’t control her __________ at this point. She whispered to Anne and burst out tears. She had been     ________ to Anne when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She __________ and saw a woman, somewhat in her late 80s, standing behind her.

“Oh, don’t cry,” she __________ Jenny. “I will pay for you.”

She took Jenny’s hand in hers, __________ some baby food, fruits, and bread, and told the cashier to __________. “We’ll take everything, including the diapers. The bill is on me.”

Jenny’s tears were not __________ again and she thanked the older woman for her __________. “I appreciate that so much, ma’am. But do __________ me for I didn’t even ask you your name.”

“Oh, lady,” shrugged the woman. “There’s no __________ to worry. I should leave now…” She rushed out of the store without even __________ her name.

There once was an ordinary street in the suburbs where no one cared much for their gardens. The lawns were overgrown, the weeds were_______and the hedges (树篱) desperately needed to be cut back. It looked very_______. But when the neighbors saw their gardens, they just looked at each other and went away with_______.

It seemed too hard to_______all the gardens and no one could be bothered to make them better because everyone's garden was_______terrible. No one felt it was urgent for a_______. Then a man named Bill moved in. Bill was a_______, hard-working and patient man who started working in the garden as soon as he_______in the street. He took his lawn mower (割草机) out to cut back the grass and pulled out all of the_______. Finally, he took up his gardening and started________his hedges, making them look like flowers, plants, stones, balls, etc.

Attracted by the hard-working________, the neighbors walked by and admired the newly manicured (修整的) garden. Over some time, something interesting happened. One by one, the neighbors started to put in more________in their own gardens and the sounds of lawn mowers could be heard again. After a few months, the street was________from a dirty, unappealing collection of houses to a beautiful avenue that wouldn’t be out of place in a stylish magazine.

One person’s action showed everyone what could be achieved with a little hard work. It’s easy for us to________the environment around us because no one else cares about it. Remember what you positively do not only brings________to yourself, but also results in a change to the whole world.