You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs.

For many years, I _______ living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their companionship was nearly enough to keep my _________ at bay. Nearly, last year, I started _________, but with reservations. When I first dated Steve, I learned he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was thrilled that he was an animal _________, I worried that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack Flora, the cat.

The next week we walked our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we _________ to catch our breath, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)? I liked him too, but so soon? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and _________ it to my dogs. In that moment, I began to _________ him.

We continued to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an _________ on her leg. I _________ the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly constantly __________ the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve suggested his house. All __________ fine. The three dogs __________ a pack that, with coaching, respected Flora’s space; Steve and I formed a good __________ caring for Tilly. We made good housemates.

A year later, much to my delight, this man __________ a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I need him to. That’s only for giving water to the dogs that __________ us together.

Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you _________ speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of _________! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of _________ things, but his promise to tell the truth _________ him.

Once a man came to a prophet（预言家）and said, “Oh, prophet, I have many bad _________. Which one of them should I _________ first?” The prophet said, “Give up telling _________ first and always speak the truth.” The man promised to do so and went home.

At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the _________ he made with the prophet. “_________ tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say that I went out __________? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, __________ will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be __________ for stealing.”

So the man ________ not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.

Next day, he ________ drinking wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself. “What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will ________ me, because a Muslim is not ________ to drink wine.” And so he gave up the __________ of drinking wine.

In this way, ________ the man thought of doing something bad, he ________ his promise to tell the truth. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very ________ person.

Luther Younger is a 99-year-old loving husband. His wife was diagnosed with cancer nine years ago, and doctors _________ she’d have just five years to live. _________, the couple have remained strong.

Over the last nine years, Luther takes a six-mile _________ every day to visit his wife in the hospital. He always stays by her side, encouraging her, showering her with _________ and their daily kiss. Luther could get a ride or even take the bus, but he _________ to walk the whole journey to help clear his mind and to _________ everything about his wife. Passersby often recognize Luther and stop to offer him a ride, but he _________ their kindness. His daily walk is _________ of how much he loves his wife.

Luther’s daughter hoped he could _________ accept rides, especially on extremely hot and snowy days, but Luther __________ walking himself so she just lets him have it his way.

__________ walking six-miles each day in the heat and snow would be too much, when you’ve walked through __________ with someone, what’s another six miles? Luther is always __________ to leave his love before returning home every day, but he knows that each tomorrow, __________ the weather, he will be on his way again. He can’t bear to live a single day without __________ his wife. “She made a man out of me. She made me more than I ever could have been, I love my wife.” Luther Younger said.