I had a perfect childhood. _______ I saw was new, wonderful and exciting. I was _______ whether it was rainy or dry, whether it was hot or _______. I just wanted to _______ all the things around me.

But I can’t _______ time. When I reached my teens, I started to realize there was a different _______ of life. I no longer had enough time for little things－discovering a rainbow was not _______ , looking at a giraffe in the zoo was normal, and _______ a building with 50 floors was not amazing. A rainy day was a _______ day because the traffic was slow, and the first day of spring ________ me of aller­gies (过敏). Life moves on again. The first day of the month is not just the ________ of a new month; it’s the time to ________ bills. Going to the supermarket is a ________; it is not just fun walking around, looking for things and seeing the people around me.

Life is a ________ in which everyone has many obligations (责任), but if everyone tried to see life through the eyes of a child, I am sure that every day could be ________.

Last week, when I cleaned a closet, I found an old envelope. It is the_______that takes me back three months ago. It was written in pencil by a young_______named Mark. When he wrote it, he was leaving Oregon for his army. He put his feeling on paper in simple _______. He planned to_______my dad and come to an “understanding” because Mark and my father were both soldiers. They would solve their_______ . Several weeks had passed since I’d_______ the letter from Mark. As I read the letter, I closed my eyes and began a journey back.

I was at work at a small firm. At midday, I_______ into my car to drive home for lunch. _______, my breath was caught in my throat. There Mark sat on his motorcycle. But it couldn’t be Mark because he’d left on a plane. So didn’t stop, but still I couldn’t keep myself _______ looking back. I saw Mark looking________and strangely sad. I looked out of the window all through________, expecting the motorcycle to________me quickly. But my mind________me that I must have done something wrong. After work, I hurried home, thinking there might be a(n)________from him.

My father met me with three words. “Mark is ________ .” He was killed in a traffic accident. I felt my legs go ________and my head began to spin (旋转). My heart broke and my ________ felt like rain on the hard road because I had________ him. However, I had seen him.

________ Mark and my father never did reach their understanding, I know that even wild soldiers ________ flowers and love, so I often bring them.

A teacher was once teaching life lessons to his students. A boy in his class asked him why many people ______ remained unhappy. After hearing this question, the teacher decided to take these students towards a ______. The students were surprised, but the teacher said nothing about it.

With deep curiosity(好奇) in the ______, the students were talking along the way. A student said there were ______ animals. When they discussed, all felt scared. Though the teacher heard everything, he said nothing and walked ______.

After about 40 minutes, they finally ______ the front of the forest. He said, “Don’t be ______. I’m not taking you into the forest. Actually, I want to tell you that life is like a journey. What a fine day it is! You all have ______ it! When we started the journey, you failed to see the beauty. Instead, you wondered why we went to the forest and ______ the wild animals. In our daily life, many people are controlled by other things instead of enjoying their journey.”

After hearing what the teacher said, the boy got the ______. All the students thanked the teacher happily. They spent the rest of the day enjoying the beautiful views along the way.