My father was the first one to point out my large leg muscles. I was just a kid and I’d never thought about the _________ of my body before.

“You’ve got legs just like your mother,” he said.

After he made that _________, I started watching other girls’ legs and _________ them to my own. I could tell my legs were different. One day, I stood in front of the mirror and _________ my legs from every angle. My leg muscles were _________ no matter which way I turned.

The gym class was the _________ part of my week. I was sure the other cool girls were all staring at my strong legs. I did everything I could to be like them. _________, I could never be like those girls with perfect bodies.

One New Year’s Eve my older cousin Maria _________ me on the way home. “Perfect calves(腿肚)!”she said, pulling on my arm and _________ me around “Girl, you’ve got __________ legs. ”

“What?” I said, __________, pulling down my dress.

“I know so many people—girls and guys—who would kill for legs like that,” she continued.

“__________ ?”I asked.

“Oh yeah! People do various crazy __________ to get legs like yours,” she said.

Maybe there was some __________ in her words. After that, my idea about what a beautiful body looks like began to __________. Whoever said being __________ wasn’t beautiful? I decided that there were more important things to __________ than the size of my leg muscles.

Once I realized what my strong legs __________ me to do, I stopped wishing for my muscles to __________. With my strong legs, I can swim across lakes and dance until morning. Now my strong legs are one of my __________, and I love showing them off to the world.

John, 69, wanted to retire from running his small-town grocery store: However, he didn’t want to leave his local community without a grocery store to shop at. He was facing a(n) _______ .

John’s parents opened the store in 1940，and John _______ it over in 1985. When the store first opened, it was one of four grocery stores in town. Now, it’s the last one _______. Since there was no one in his family who could continue running it, John _______ selling it and put the store on the _______ three years ago. Although he got some attention, no _______ came in. _______ he pulled the store off the market, as he worried that whoever bought the building might not continue the grocery store, which would make life harder for people in the community — especially those without _______ to a vehicle.

Then last summer, Elizabeth, who grew up in a nearby town, _______ John with an idea. She offered to raise money to buy the store, with the goal of ________ it into a sustainable social enterprise. Thus, Elizabeth turned to local residents and they ________ . Local residents, as well as people with ________ to the town，donated.

In a matter-of months, the community ________ half a million dollars, which was enough for them to purchase the property and ________ the store.

Johnm for his part is ________ that his family’s legacy (遗产) will live on, and the residents will still have a local place to shop for fresh food.

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was _________, so he became _________ when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree._________, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”

The man was _________ by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was     _______. He _________ at her, stating, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl_________ at him with _________ in her eyes and cried,” Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew _________into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”

The father was __________. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her __________ .Only a short time later, an accident __________ the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an __________ kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, has been given a gold container fled with__________love and kisses...from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more __________ than this.