Five years ago, I lived in the countryside, whose road was extremely terrible. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask _______ of his mother to take his black dog and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile _______ from the house to the fence which _______ the beginning of the dirty driveway.

One day, I was busy with my business and _______ for about an hour, completely forgetting about the _______ little boy down the road who might be waiting for me.

On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not _______ ten feet in front of me. All I could _______ was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. At last, the downpour began to abate(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨)by the time my car turned the last _______ and approached the final street between me and a warm home and a nice meal.

_______, I caught sight of my little boy, who was ________ an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing a big and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the ________ of a little boy.

As I stopped the car and opened the door，he ran into my arms and held me long and hard.He was wet and ________ with cold, but he never ________ the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I miss you. I am so glad you are home.”

Last year, we moved to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road. ________, I have never forgotten the rainy day, the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that ________ has appeared in my mind. Like all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.

I have been looking forward to visiting Paris since I was young. When my daily life in New Jersey seemed boring, I _______ about walking around the streets of Paris. With our financial situation _______, European travel became a _______. 

Travelling to France with my _______ was exciting, but it would not be _______ without facing problems and figuring them out. 

We had just started to get _______ with the Paris subway system. Thus using it was very difficult. We were walking at a slow pace _______ we realised the subway was about to leave. As soon as I _______ the subway, the doors shut with my mom on the other side. I did not have my cellphone, neither of us spoke a word of _______ and we had no idea how to ________ each other. My mom and I, who were both ________, began to pound on the doors. Suddenly, a man with a puzzled look on his face walked over to the doors and simply ________ them. My mom stepped on and we hugged as if we ________ for the first time in years. A huge sense of ________ washed over us, followed by embarrassment. 

________, my mom and I were able to celebrate the victories of finding destinations.