The day I heard that the Rainbow Bookstore was closing after 50 years of business, I was heartbroken. The bookstore, which was a legendary_______in the neighbourhood, was a place where anyone could _______ and connect through their love of books.

When I hurried to the store , I saw that the books were already being_______ into boxes. I had a long chat with Casey, the store’s elderly owner. _______ deeply, he told me how it was becoming_______to run an independent bookstore. Most young people_______ reading e-books on tablets. More and more customers were being _______by chain stores and online discounts. I tried to think of some words of _______ ，but I had to admit that the Rainbow Bookstore couldn't stay in _______much longer.

Childhood memories came back to me so ________ ，as if the events had happened only yesterday. A bunch of us________would frequently drop by the store after school. We’d look at the new books, or just ________Old Casey. He knew every ________in the store and would always pick the perfect one for us from a ________shelf. We spent hours reading, seated on the store’s old, but ________furniture. Casey encouraged us to ________our ideas and comments on the books, by writing them on a large board in one corner of the store. When I left the bookstore, it was becoming cold and ________ outside. I turned to ________ Casey, but both he and his bookstore were already________in a thick mist. It made me realise that the bookstore and all that Old Casey had given to the community could soon ________for good.

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were _________ . If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would_________ everything. It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of _________ and witnessed the only miracle I have seen with my own eyes.

I was in the kitchen making lunch _________ I saw my six­year­old son, Billy, walking toward the _________. Minutes after he_________ into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house. Moments later, however, he was once again _________ in that slow purposeful step toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour: walk_________ to the woods, run back to the house.

Finally I couldn’t take it any longer and I crept (悄悄地走)out of the house and _________ him on his journey. As I leaned in to spy on him, I saw the most__________ sight. A tiny deer was lying on the ground, __________ suffering from dehydration (脱水)and heat exhaustion, __________ its head with great effort to lap up (舔食)the water __________ in my beautiful boy’s hand. When the water was __________, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had__________ the water to. Billy opened it all the way up and a little water began to flow slowly. He__________ there, letting the water slowly __________ his hand－the temporary cup.

When he stood up and began to go back, I was there in front of him. His little eyes just filled with__________. “I’m not wasting” was all he said. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the __________, they were suddenly joined by other drops , more drops...and more.

All I can say is that the __________ that came that day saved our farm, just like the actions of one little boy saved another.

Nicole was a baby of only 28 months and had been in our neighboring playgroup with other little kids for over one year. Then my husband and I decided to move her to a full-day nursery _________.

During the first several days, I went with Nicole every morning, and her new_________, Diomara, was waiting for us. We stayed there for one _________. At first, she only played with me or asked me to _________ her wherever she went. After 2 or 3 days, I could sit aside, watching her play with new friends, but sometimes she would make a _________ to look around for me.

During the second week Nicole gradually _________ the new settings, and Diomara suggested starting to leave Nicole there without _________. Then I hugged, kissed, and said goodbye to her, but she started crying with the clear_________ that mom would go. Feeling sad and _________, I knew it’s just how babies __________.

Returning on time, my little girl ran to me at the __________ of me. Diomara told me all was perfect: Nicole cried and then stopped. Later she had a good time __________ a castle using Lego blocks. The next day she enjoyed a wonderful lunch with other kids. The last day I stayed there only for a while. By the time she had already __________ the concepts of leaving and returning, that day she stayed there till 3 p.m..

Now she is happy in the new day care for two days a week. Meanwhile she is still in the __________ playgroup for another two halt’ days. Gradually she’ll quit from the playgroup. There are so many things far __________ her knowledge, so we need to perform with patience.