James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so_______that he didn't know what to do with himself. The person who had gone in_______him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so_______when she went in. Not like James, he felt he was_______. But the_______was that he wanted this job so much.It_______everything to him. He had thought about it such a lot before the day of the_______. He had_______himself performing brilliantly at the interview and being offered the job_______.

But now here he was feeling________. He couldn't________all those things he had planed to say. At that moment, he almost________to get up and leave. But no — he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn't ________like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt________. At last the door of the office________. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very pleased with herself. It seemed________she had got the job. She smiled sympathetically (同情地) at James. At the moment, James________her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to________now, Mr. Davis? I'm sorry to have kept you________.” James suddenly wished that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs shaking and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as________as he felt.

It was pouring outside. We all stood there just inside the door of the Walmart. We waited, some patiently, others ______ because nature messed up their well-planned day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing (溅起水花) happily as a ______ came pouring in. They were a welcome ______ from the worries of my day. Then she came. She was about 6 years old, and my attention was drawn to this beautiful brown haired, freckled-faced image of ______. Just then, the trance (恍惚) we were all caught in was broken by her sweet voice. “Mom, let’s run through the rain!”

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it slows down a bit. ______, we’ll get all wet.” Mom replied.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she pulled at her Mom’s arm.

“This morning? ______ did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, there’s ______ he cannot get us through.”

The entire crowd stopped dead ______. I swear you couldn’t hear anything but the rain. Mom ______ and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now most people would just laugh it off and _____ what the girl said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child’s life, time when innocent trust must be protected so that it will bloom into ______. “Honey, you are absolutely ______. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, well maybe we ______ need washing,” Mom said. Then off they ran.

We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed past the cars. They held their shopping bags ______ their heads just in case. They got wet all over _____ they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.