It was a hot summer day. The sun was _______ bright and all I could think of was _______ down with two of my favorite ice cream. I _______ to make a quick trip to the newly opened ice cream shop close by for a midday _______.

I ordered my ice cream and asked the server to _______ two tubs (桶) of chocolate ice cream for folks at home. _______ I knew it, I was halfway through my ice cream and was enjoying the _______ of the colorfully lined ice creams with different flavors, sitting pretty one next to the other.

Now that my order was _______, I headed to the payment counter to pay the bill. To my _______, the cashier had forgotten to bill me for my ice cream, ________ only for the chocolate ice cream.

The next few seconds ________ as I debated between doing what was easy － paying the bill and moving out, ________ doing what was right － pointing out the error. I knew if I didn't ________ the error in the bill to his notice, my ice cream would be charged against his ________.

At that moment, my ________ was made and I went and pointed out what he had ________. He looked at me with ________ and thanked me for reminding him of the error. The smile of relief on his face made me ________ too.

I came out of the ice cream shop feeling really ________ about myself. I knew that day how wonderful it feels to do what is right ________ what is easy.

One hot early morning, I, accompanied by my mother, was gently wheeled across our quiet street to the taxi stand. Three weeks earlier, I had ________ my left ankle accidentally. Now, with my ankle in a cast, I had a/an ________ at the hospital to be assessed for a/an ________.

The thought of it ________ me because I had never been operated on, but I would have to ________ it. After over 90 minutes, we were still ________, trying to stop a taxi. But the taxis would pass by us either already filled with passengers or ________ to take us.

My mother was starting to get ________ as we were fast running out of time; our appointment was ________ for 10:45 am and we still had to ________ the admission process and it would take up to 40 minutes to get to the ________.

Then a black SUV pulled over and ________ in front of us. The driver, taking a look at us, ________, “You two look like you may need a ________.” He told us he’d seen us earlier as he was taking his son to a weekend school activity. With no questions asked, this good Samaritan ________ us aboard and got us to the hospital in 45 minutes.

We arrived at 10:30a.m.— ________ in time for my appointment. He ________ any pay, saying people should ________ one another then left with a smile.

To this day we have not ________ paths again with this friendly driver, but his ________ has stuck in our minds and he has taught me to keep watch for and help others in need.