The Value of a Dollar

When I was 21, I had a job at my local bookstore. One night, a young couple came in and 【小题1】(walk) here and there looking for a book. They seemed to be the usual type to give mall 【小题2】(work) a hard time. When they came to the cash register (现金出纳机), the girl was a dollar or two short of 【小题3】(buy) the book she wanted.

She looked so 【小题4】(disappoint). I had a customer discount card and it could be still used. I told the girl 【小题5】(kind), “Hang on, don’t worry, you have the money to buy the book.” I entered my code.

She gave me 【小题6】thankful smile. She had a dollar and some change left, and she and her friend left the store. I believed that I would never see them again.

I don't remember how long it was, but they did return later that same evening just 【小题7】(bring) me a beautiful card that said, “It is people like you 【小题8】make the world a better place to live in.”

I am so grateful 【小题9】that act of kindness. The girl and her friend also have made the world a little 【小题10】(bright), too.