“Daily Star, sir,” called Jason, carrying some news-papers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty ____ left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was ____. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers ____ money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a ____ for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He ____ as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

“You don’t know the ____ of selling papers. You must shout, ‘Hot news! Bomb bursting!’” another newsboy Chad told Jason. “____ it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason. “Just run away quickly ____ they have time to see, and you’ll ____ out and get your money,” Chad said.

It was a new ____ to Jason. He thought of his bird with no ____ and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was ____ that he would not tell a lie. Though he was ____ a poor newsboy, he had been ____ some good things.

The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers ____. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a ____ smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason ____ money because he would not tell a lie. The boys ____ at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder ____, “You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new ____. He lost the sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

Seven years earlier, I stood at the golden gate of retirement. As I________what I would do next, I recalled a volunteer role called “baby cuddler” in the NICU at one of the local hospi-tals. I had long________to be one but just never had the time. I had always loved the________environment, both in work and volunteer settings Wanting to be a nurse when I was younger but never realizing the dream only helped fuel my________.

As a brand-new volunteer, I started out a little on the________side, and it showed. My first day________, I forgot where the sinks were for hand washing—and I walked right past them. If a baby I held cried, I would just rock faster. I______every nursery rhyme I could remember, and the babies________me by crying louder.

I thought bark to my earliest baby-holding days when I was only six years old and________my first little nephew., I was excited to be trusted. By age twenty, I had nine nieces and nephews. I’ve had a lot of________in holding babies. And it seemed to________. The baby might sense my confidence, quickly________and fell asleep.

Gone are my nerve-filled,________days as a new volunteer. I am now frequently asked to have a new volunteer shadow me as I work. I am happy to share all I have learned. I openly share my________, hoping them not to do what I did. And I also share the joys, telling them this is the perfect volunteer job for me. I________love volunteering here!

The man who walked into Dave Cutlip’s tattoo (纹身) studio was hard to forget. His_______ bore a tattoo. He_______Cutlip's help to cover up his violent past, as he was determined to turn over a new leaf._______Cutlip could see the hurt in his eyes, he couldn't help him—the tattoo was too close to the eyes. But it got Cutlip_______. Many young people get tattoos that they come to regret. "If I can _______, that's my goal." said Cutlip.

Inking over tattoo costs hundreds of dollars, and getting one removed by laser (激光) is even more_______. Therefore, Cutlip decided he would help by_______gang-related tattoos for free. He put the words out via Facebook: “Sometimes people make bad choices and sometimes people_______. We believe there is enough hate in this world, and we want to make a_______.”

Change isn't______________. It takes time, and it's painful. While Cutlip works on their______________ people open up, and he hears their life______________. One man, Casey Schaffer, had the words “white power” on one forearm. He'd______________a year in prison on drug charges, and had joined a white group there. He said, “Because they______________ me, I did it as paying them back.” But______________employers would take one look at the tattoo and______________ him down. So he turned to Cutlip for help.

Cutlip has done nine such jobs, each of which took several hours. Once, a client (顾客) told him that he ______________ found a job once his tattoo was gone. Such______________inspired Cutlip to found a project with three other______________, and now hundreds of people are on a wait list. As he said, “If we can just erase hate, then we're doing______________.”