I’m part of the Roots & Shoots programme, founded by Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE. It’s all about making ________ changes in the world, and these changes will make the world better. As Dr. Goodall said, “What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

I decided to do something ________ for the world.

In Bulgaria, where I live, stray (走失的;无主的) dogs are everywhere. Although many people can turn a blind eye, I struggle to ________ the soulful (凄婉的) eyes of a poor street dog. That’s why I’m no longer a food-waster. When I see plates of ________ food, I see the desperate eyes of a stray animal. I see a ________ dog prowling around the bins, searching for food to fill his empty stomach.________ eating out in a restaurant, I’m not afraid to ________ a food bag with leftovers. When there are living beings out there ________, it seems selfish to waste food. I’ll feed them to the stray cats or dogs. A week ago, I saw a stray dog around the bins. Hours earlier, I’d bagged up a plate of ________ fish. As I unwrapped it, he wagged his tail and sniffed the air. The fish was ________ in no time.

It’s sad, isn’t it? How can we waste so much food and think ________ of it? These homeless animals have taught me that food is precious and it isn’t right to waste it. When your stomach is full, don’t throw away the food you’ve left. ________ it for another whose stomach isn’t full.

I can’t count the times I’ve passed a stray animal with eyes asking for ________. For me, it’s something I can’t ignore. That is why I ________ end up fetching something from the food store if I don’t have anything on me at the time.

The next time you see wasted food, ________ it into worthy food for all the starving mouths out there.

Jack is a retired worker from Rio de Janeiro. Now he is sharing a close relationship with a penguin which is ______ to South American’s Patagonian region. For the past five years, the penguin seems to have ______ his natural migrating route just in order to be able to ______ Jack several times a year.

The unusual ______ began in 2011, when Jack found the bird, nicknamed Jinling, trapped in oil on the beach near his house. He brought the penguin home, ______ him up, and offered him a good meal and a shady spot to ______. Since then, the penguin has ______ stayed away from Jack for too long.

The kind man tried to get the penguin to ______ to the open sea after he got better, ______ the bird just kept coming back. He even took him out in a boat, far from ______ and let him loose in the ocean, but by the time he got back home, with ______, he saw Jinling was already waiting for him.

______ penguins migrate thousands of miles between Patagonia and Rio de Janeiro, Jinling doesn’t stay away from Rio for more than four months at a time. He always runs back to Jack’s little ______ by the sea, sometimes ______ as long as eight months to a year with the old man. And he is a little ______, too – it seems that he can’t stand other animals getting anywhere close to his ______.

The local fishermen show their kindness to the penguin and they think it is a great ______ not only for Jack himself but also for all the villagers. Jinling has been regarded ______ the village mascot (吉祥物) since 2012. However, some are ______ about this unusual relationship thinking about Jinling’s identity. But good friendship will last for long regardless of the ______, isn’t it ?

From the moment my husband brought home 3 chicks, our nine-year-old, Sophie, hasn’t let them out of her ________. She named them Trixie, Bearty and Adrian and was very ________ when we wouldn’t let them sleep in her bed.

Sophie takes at least one chicken everywhere we let her and has done ________ things. One hot day, she took Bearty to the ________. I wondered, “Could chickens swim?” Sophie balanced a stick for Bearty to stay on, and the two ________ down the river. The ________ from neighbors was funny, “Is that a real chicken?”

The chickens are teaching us about love as well as ________ and sorrow. ________, Bearty died after a dog attack. We had a chicken funeral (葬礼), ________ her for the joy she brought to us before we ________ her.

The chickens weren’t allowed in the house until Sophie told me, “There is ________ to feel happy about.” Since then, we’ve allowed one inside at a time if Sophie immediately ________ after the visit.

The chickens brought ________ back to our lives. They have taught us to ________ situations we can’t change and find joy where we can. I am so ________.