Opening a book may take you on an adventure, but sometimes, what;s more interesting is what’s been sandwiched in the pages.

In her 20 years as a(n) _________, Sharon McKellar has found different kinds of objects left in books: notes, tickets, postcards, and photographs. Visitors _________ returned to claim them, but McKellar doesn’t _________ those items. Instead, they have been put to good use.

It all started when the Oakland Public Library where McKellar worked intended to _________ its blog content. McKellar thought of Found Magazine (dedicated to everyday items discovered in public places), from which McKellar got the _________ to share her ever-growing collection of items online. Subsequently, she _________ the “Found in a Library Book” project.

“I believe others must have found _________ stuff,” McKellar said. She thus _________ nearby libraries to ask if anybody can contribute something. As a result, people were highly _________ and McKellar was bombarded (轰炸) with other people’s collections.

McKellar has a few __________ behind her online database. For example, to protect people’s __________, she blocks out information like names and addresses. She also believes it is __________ to include all the objects in the collection, although McKellar does have some __________, particularly those left by children. What __________ her most was a note which said, “I love Dad! He’s my superhero.” McKellar said, “I __________ the way kids express themselves.”

Even without more contexts, such items remain a testament (证明) to life’s little moments.

This morning, as I was getting close to the supermarket, I saw a small crowd gathering around an elderly woman with blood under her face. I stopped and asked if I could ___. I told her I was certified (持有证件的) in first aid. Then I ___ someone for a first aid kit (工具箱). But she didn’t want ___, saying she was fine. But she wasn’t fine. I asked her to ___ with me and we ___ about her routine of getting groceries. People brought out ice packs, water and paper towels from the ___ nearby. I put on the gloves from the first aid kit, and cleaned her up a bit, but ___ I just talked to her and held her hand.

Two ___ happened to be passing by and ___ to help check her out a bit. Finally, after ten minutes the ____ arrived and I talked to the emergency medical team and they ____.

I was certified in first aid years ago, and I got re-certified a month ago, but I never ____ it once. However, I realized being certified isn’t ____ about providing aid. I didn’t stop the bleeding. I didn’t ____ to examine her. Mostly it was about providing comfort for people in a difficult ____. The certification gave me the ____ to do that: to kneel on the sidewalk holding the elderly woman’s hand, and to help make those ____ few minutes just a little bit better.

If you’re not certified in first aid, I can’t ____ it strongly enough. It just takes four hours of your time at your ____ Red Cross. With what you’ll ____, maybe you’ll be able to help someone like the elderly woman one day.

When I was in Grade 6, I knew a girl. She liked to point out my shortcomings and always said I was very thin, I wasn't a good student, and so on. I tried not to care what she said. However, I became very _________ in the end. I cried and ran to Daddy.

Daddy asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Lisa, didn't you ever _________ what you're really like? Well, you now have that girl's _________. Go and make a _________ of everything she said and _________ the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

To my _________, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't _________ (like being very thin), but a good student I could and suddenly I _________ to change. For the first time I got a clear _________ of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He __________ to take it. “That's just for you，” he said. “You know better than anyone else the __________ about yourself. But you have to learn to listen. Don't just close your ears in anger，feeling __________. When something said about you is true, you'll find it will be __________ to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don't __________ your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”

In my life, this is the best __________ that Daddy has given me.