The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day — and 800 miles________her from her parents in Ohio.

She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had________how colorful their backyard was________spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she________those lilacs in her parents' yard. "I know where we can find some," he said. "Get the________and come on." So off they went.

Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest____and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she________some.

Finally, they returned to their car for the________home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her________.

When they were near home, she shouted "stop," got off quickly and________to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)________patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two________, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her________. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair________with a smile, and held the lilacs________.

"Mom," the kids asked, "___did you give her our flowers?" "It is Mother's Day, and she seems so________while I have all of you. And anyone would be____________by flowers."

This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he________some young lilacs around their yard.

I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids________purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.

The second Sunday in May is a volunteer day in my neighborhood. Last year，my neighbors and I decided to ________in the cancer ward (病房)at the Royal Children’s Hospital. As Children’s Day was coming，the hospital wanted us to make some________ with children.

The day before we went to the hospital，many of us were feeling quite________. We didn’t know how we would react when seeing those sick________. As we were preparing morning tea for them at my home，I ________ some neighbors to make chocolate bread and candies.

We arrived early at the hospital and were greeted ________ by the staff-it was ________ to know that they were welcoming us and the brightness we would offer. Our first ________ was to offer morning tea to the children who seemed a bit shy—it seemed that nothing broke the________ better than candies!

It was then time to start making cards—we brought crayons，glue and shiny things to________the children! We talked with them and helped them make cards. It was surprising that our ________ immediately went away. Although they were seriously ill，they were ________. Most of them chose to use bright colors as they believed they would be ________ soon. For a time，we even________ they were ill.

We left the hospital when it was dark. Although we were tired，we were happy to see ________ on those children’s faces.

Princess Power

“Elsa, it’s you!” It was the four-year-old’s _________ birthday party, and her favorite Disney character Elsa from Frozen had arrived. The two cheerfully began to sing the movie’s big song, “Let It Go, ” and were soon _________ by Tinker Bell and four other fairy-tale princesses: Anna, Ariel, Jasmine, and Snow White.

You would swear they were _________ at the most _________ place on earth. But this wasn’t Disney World. It was the pediatric（儿科）cancer ward at a hospital on Long Island in New York. And the _________ were college students who _________ for A Moment of Magic, a _________ organization whose mission is to _________ the spirits of sick children.

It all began once upon a time with a family movie night _________ Frozen. McGrane, now 23, __________ that she and Elsa had __________ blond hair and big blue eyes. McGrane and her friend McAndrew were then searching for a new community project, __________ one with kids.

That sparked an idea- __________ Disney princesses and visiting pediatric cancer patients.

“When kids are in a __________ for so long, they don’t get all the magic that most kids do, ” says McGrane. “It’s nice to give them time to be __________.”