In Istanbul, a city of 15 million people, groups of volunteers build houses for the homeless cats. There, cats can find ___________ food and toys, blankets and boxes by kind people to keep them out of bad weather, and even a new owner if they’re ___________

It all started back in 2018, when an architect named Didem Gokgoz regularly ___________ through a park on her way to work—in which there were always homeless cats trying to find places to keep ___________ in winter. To help the cats, she placed several plastic boxes they could ___________ in around Mistik Park, but officials _______ those boxes.

“My friends and I went to see Mr. Mustafa Sarigul, the mayor. We ___________ him our designs, explained how it would work. Mr. Sarigul listened ___________ and said, ‘OK, do it; if we think it works, we will _______it.’” Gokgoz reported to a local newspaper.

After getting Mr. Sarigul’s ____________ that new houses would not be removed, Gokgoz built two houses in Mistik Park with her friends. The Mistik Park houses were a turning point, which ____________ parks around the city’s 39 districts to follow the ____________.

“It became something normal; individuals make requests for cat houses,” she said. “That was our main ________and we’ve reached it. Today, everybody ____________ that cats must have their own life spaces in the city. ”The cats too, ____________ to the houses in the parks, and moved to them in groups.

When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. _________, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so _________.

As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly _________ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.

With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move _________ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also _________. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something _________. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need _________. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”

“Airport? You _________ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers _________ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and __________ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the __________ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no __________ you’ll get there in five minutes!”

“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll __________ it in time.”

The __________ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it __________ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something __________ happened. The car began changing. First, its color __________ from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, __________ just above the ground. As the car __________ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling __________, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…

The first time I saw the real Santa, he drove a big, charcoal-colored truck, not a cherry red sleigh, in the August heat. He wasn’t what I _______ at all.

My husband had lost his job early in July, and we’d been _______ expenses everywhere we could. He’d been looking for a job but _______.

One afternoon, we were feeling particularly _______ so we decided to treat ourselves to a meal from McDonald’s. Just a quick drive-through run, no big deal. When we got to the window to pay, the employee said our meal had been taken care of by the car _______ us. We attempted to keep the pay-it-forward chain going by offering to pay for the _______ for the car behind us. “No, that man just paid for everyone in line,” said the employee. She _______ toward the truck that was slowly pulling away to _______ the parking lot. We had no choice but to get _______ with the fact that a stranger had just done something kind for us, and there was no way to repay it, pay it forward, etc.

I looked toward the truck and thought I could see the man’s grin in the driver’s side ________. He ________ his hand out the window and gave a cheerful wave, and it ________ reminded me of the illustration of a Christmas poem where Santa was flying away into the night, gloved hand up in a goodbye wave.

It seemed like a little ________ that we’d be alright. My husband found a wonderful job shortly after that. We’ve gone on to do random acts of ________ for others, remembering the effect this free meal had on us that ________ day when Santa drove a truck and left with a big grin and a little wave.