A family in New Tazewell, Tennessee, recently found out that when the situation is _______，there isn’t much their 7-year-old foster son (养子）Eli wouldn’t do to help his loved ones.

On December 8, Chris and Nicole Davidson were enjoying a nice，quiet _______ at home with their three kids. They are both former firefighters who have _______       34 children, including Eli. They have also adopted Erin, who is 22 months old, and Elijah, who is 2.

That night _______ like any other. The whole family was asleep in their beds when Nicole suddenly _______ to the smell of smoke. In a _______ ,she and Chris grabbed Eli and Elijedi and _______ for the door，but by the time they got to the room where Erin was sleeping in her crib (婴儿床)，the fire had   _______their path.

That’s when the family decided to try another _______ Racing outside, they went to Erin’s bedroom window on the ground floor, but Chris couldn’t quite ________ it to lift himself inside. Instead, they ________   to Eli, who has lived with them for about a year.

“The smoke was so ________   that there was no way I could get to her.” Chris explained. “We went outside to get to her from the ________ But there was nothing for me to stand on to reach up there. So I picked up Eli, who ________ the window and was able to grab her from her crib.

________, the fire ended up destroying everything the family owned. A GoFundMe was set up to ________ them get back on their feet, and so far, it has ________ more than $ 362,000! While they are still recovering from the ________ event，they are in awe of(敬畏）their brave little boy. Though he was ________，faced with an overpowering situation, he still   ________   to the challenge.

I had suddenly run out of oil paints just when I needed them. So I made a long________ to the only store around here that sells them.It was the ________ time to shop. The store was full of people and the checkout line was long. I could see the ________ on the faces of the people around me.It was no better in the parking lot and I found myself in the middle of a long line of cars waiting to pull out of it.

As my car was moving forward I ________ a middle­aged, thin black woman in an old coat. She was holding up a piece of paper that said,“Lost my job. Kids to ________!”I watched as car after car drove past her while their drivers turned their eyes away. As I came closer, I took out my ________ and pulled out the little cash I had left. I stopped next to her, ________ my window, and ________ put it in her hand.She smiled and said “Thank you” before the car behind me ________ me to drive on.

I drove away and ________ that I had helped her even a little. Was my small act of kindness ________ to her? I don’t know. Did it change the ________ of the driver behind me? Probably not. But it has been a wonderful ________ for me. We all want to make great changes and ________ great things, but sometimes a small kindness is all we can do. Just let your heart direct you then. Fill your days with small kindnesses and fill your life with ________.