On Monday, May 9, James Givens, a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio, was sitting in his panda car. Just at that moment he heard what sounded like a _________. He turned around only to find a goose pecking at the car door. This was highly _________ given that the birds typically preferred to observe _________ from a distance.

But on this day, the goose appeared to be determined to get his _________ and kept pecking until Givens opened the car door and _________. The police officer says that though the bird then began to _________, it kept turning around to make sure he was _________. When they finally stopped, Givens _________ why the mother goose had been so — she wanted him to _________ her gosling (幼鹅) that had been trapped in some balloon string.

__________ that the mother goose would __________ him if he got close to the baby, Givens called the local SPCA (保护动物协会). __________, they were unable to send anyone to help right away. Therefore he had to call his fellow police officer Cecillia Charron, who was nearby and soon __________ Givens. Concerned that the gosling would not survive the __________, Cecilia decided to take on the task herself.

As it turned out, there was __________ to worry about. The mother goose appeared to understand that Charron was trying to help and watched __________ from a safe distance as the office untied the trapped bird. As soon as the little gosling was __________, it ran as quickly as possible to its __________, and they took off shortly after. Charron, a 24-year soldier of the police force, said this would probably __________ to be the most memorable incident of her __________!

Earlier this week I was at a store after the holiday season, and while waiting in line I _______ a very stressed -out Dad with his two sons waiting in line to purchase a car seat for the younger child.

The father was asking if he could buy the display model because it would be _______ than the others. The cashier _______ that he could buy the display model _______ that there was no box for it. He said that was just _______ with him.

Then he asked if there were any additional coupons (优惠券) to bring the _______ down just a little bit more. The cashier was doing her best to _______ some additional savings coupons for this young father; but wasn’t _______ much of anything in her drawer.

I used to be a people-watcher, but found that as I _______ this activity for about five minutes I was beyond moved to help — and I had no idea why, but before I could really think about it . I   ________ myself digging ________ my pockets for the 10 to 15 dollars in coupons I knew I had.

But I found nothing. I gave him $20 cash. The father said he couldn’t ________ it, but appreciated my offer. The cashier was ________ in the same mood as I was in wanting to help this young family; and took the money toward his ________ with a smile on her face — the seat ________ coming to around $50 instead of the original $90.

As the Dad collected his small children and began to ________, he looked at me and said, “You really shouldn’t have done that but I thank you so much — you just made certain that we will all get to eat today.”

My reply was simple. Be it ________ or years from now, simply do the same or something extra for someone else you don’t know; and that would ________ me tenfold（十倍地）.

What really got to me out of this whole experience is that it made me realize a small thing can have a huge ________ in the long run; as long as the chain isn’t ________.

In1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day, 27 kids ________ “The Thinking Laboratory.” That was the name students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too ________.

Freddy was an average ________ , but not an average person .He had the rare balance of fun and kindness. He would ________ the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone’s ________.

Before the school year ended, I gave the kids a special _________, T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your _________” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs may seem dull, most of the ________ things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.

Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide ________ on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his________ from high school and remained the same ________ person I met many years before. Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man sleep in his truck. Another time, he ________ a friend money to buy a house.

Just last year, I was conducting a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman ________ the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and opened it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a ________ from Freddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”

I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all ________ something from Freddy.