I always hear about brave people on social media. If bravery is as simple as showing ______ during a time of fear, I ______ a time when I had a scary experience.

My family had just arrived at our Christmas holiday house when the ______ came to drop off the keys and ______ us to watch out for wild mice running around his house. My parents ______ and said they would ______ the situation if they appear. The thought of ______ something like a mouse ______ entered my mind. Besides, my father always came to my ______ if I needed him.

While my parents ______ our bags, I decided to watch a movie in my room. Everyone else was ______ so I had to take care of my brother. Halfway through the movie, I really needed to take a bathroom ______ so I stepped out of my room, leaving him alone in his baby bed. He disliked it, but I would only be ______ for a moment. “What's the ______ that could happen?” I thought.

When I left the room, my brother began to cry ______ he usually did. However, his crying grew louder and more fearful, so I hurried back, and was greeted by an ______ furry visitor.

“Dad!” I cried, “There is a rat in my room!”

“Kill it!” he ______.

“But dad, I can’t.”

My mind ______; I was so frightened. The first thing I saw was an umbrella, so I ______ it. I began to hit the rat until it stopped moving.

My parents were ______ that I put my fears aside to protect my brother. That day, I felt brave.

An old man was sitting on a train with his son who was about 20 years old. As the train started, the young man was filled with ____ and curiosity.   He was seated by the window and shouted,     “Dad! Look! All the trees are going behind!” The old man____.

There was a couple beside the young man. They were just sitting and listening to the___ between the father and the son. Suddenly the young man shouted again, “Dad! Look at the____! Clouds are moving with the train!”

The couple watched the young man. They thought it was rather___ that the young man was behaving like a small child.

Now it started raining and some water drops ___ the young man's hand. He was even more__ and he closed his eyes. He shouted again, “Dad! It's raining! Water is   touching   me! Dad! Look!”

The couple couldn't___ themselves any longer and asked the old man, “Why don't you take your son to a___ ?”

The old man said, “Yes，we were just coming from the hospital. Today my son got___ first time in his life.”

When I was a child my father taught me five words that I've used all my life---in my acting career, as a mother, in my business activities. If I __ that I was afraid of the dark, or if I seemed worried about meeting new people, Dad would say, "Stand porter to your __. "

A porter is a gatekeeper, who stands at a door __ people in or out. Dad would get me to __ myself stopping destructive things---such as fear---at the door, __ saying "Come in" to faith, love and self-assurance.

As a (n) __, before I went on camera, I'd make sure anxiety stayed out and confidence in my ability came in. As a mother, when I was __ about my children, I would try not to let worry in but would __ my mind with trust in them.

Of course, there were always times I'd __ those words.

In 1972, my husband, Fillmore Crank, and I opened the doors to our own __ in North Hollywood. This was a new business venture for us, and it was a lot more __ and complicated than we had __.

We were on call 24 hours a day. Something was always going __. Electricity went on the blink, food wasn't delivered, employees called in sick. Once, a flu epidemic __ left us with no maids (佣人). Fillmore gave me a __: scrub floors or do the laundry. For 10 days I folded enough king-size sheets to __ the whole state of California.

Then there was the __ crisis. The price of gasoline doubled, and tourism in California __. How could we fill our beds? What if we kept losing money? What if we failed? Fear and worry were sneaking in. But I caught them just __. I stood porter. I stood in the door of my mind and sent fear packing.

These days at the hotel, whenever fear tries to __, I just smile and point to the sign that reads No Vacancy.