In 2000, we were on our usual weekend adventure in suburban Pearl River. But unlike other weekends, on this day a _________ was waiting in our driveway： two adult geese and a gosling（小鹅）. The adults were frightened by us and _________ leaving their baby behind.

The tiny little thing was wandering around our yard. We called him Peeper. Days _________ into weeks, and weeks into months, until almost a year passed. We _________ into a routine filled with feathery hugs and care. Part of this _________ included dad sending Peeper up into the air so he could fly a loop（圈）around the house _f coming back.

One evening, my uncle came overhand my dad wanted to show him Peeper's loop. He _________ him up in the air, but this time, Peeper flew off. Twenty years passed and Peeper became a fond _________ for my family.

Geese live to be around 25 years old and are very _________ They never forget their first home.

Even so, it came as a shock when a/an _________ adult goose made his way back to my family home. After two weeks of his coming back repeatedly, it became clear this was not a __________ goose. He did all the things Peeper used to. He also __________ to the name Peeper turning his head and waddling(摇摆走)closer to us. To my __________ .my old best friend had returned,20 years later.

It's possible that he is longing for his early __________ , He doesn't come back every single night. Some nights he may seek the comfort of his own kind at the __________ nearby. Geese in the wild typically sleep on water. But he's here a lot, making his __________ known and giving me joy.

In such a small town as Hampton there was never a single man of importance who would dare to have housekeepers younger than sixty, for fear that people might say he was a(n) _________. However, when I needed housekeeper I _________ a girl called Bella Casey, a lovely little girl of seventeen from a village up the coast. But I _________ my choice carefully. I drove out there one day when she was at home, and I had a look at the cottage and a _________ with her mother and a cup of tea, and after that I did not need anyone to say that she was _________. I knew if there was anything Bella did not do _________, her mother would not _________ long to correct her. After that there was only one _________ to raise.

“Have you a _________, Bella?” said I.

“No, doctor, I have not,” said she with a simple expression that did not __________ me a bit. As a doctor you soon get used to innocent __________.

“Well, you’d better __________ and get one.” Said I, “__________ I’m not going to take you.” __________ this she laughed. __________ what seemed only a short time, she came and started working at house. She proved to be very __________ and efficient. Of course she was so good-looking that people who came to my house used to pass __________ about us. But that didn’t matter. They did not dare to hire a pretty girl themselves for __________ of what people would say. But I knew as long as a girl had a man of __________ to look after she would give me no __________. And, of course, I would be happy and at ease.

On a recent morning, Michelle lowered herself into the pool in Clearwater, Florida. Although she was fearful, she felt _______ wearing her new leg, She was ready to carry out a promise from long ago that she would _______ her cousin, who died at 5, by swimming with a dolphin, an animal that both girls _______ .

In high school, Michelle planned to become an athlete because of her passion of _______ . However, in 1993, 16-year-old Michelle was _______ injured in the civil war and her left leg was cut off just below the knee. _______ , arranged by a British activist, Michele was brought to a hospital in the US for _______ . To relax, she'd watch the _______ play at Clearwater Marine Aquarium（海洋馆）near her home, where a young dolphin _______ Winter, who had lost her tail in a crab trap ________ Michelle's eye: Trainers were fitting it with a high-tech tail. When they were done, Winter swam fast off through the water. An idea ________ her: If it can do this, there's no way she can't. With the help of the inventors of the high-tech tail, she had a new ________ within ten days.

Eight months ________ , Michelle's parents accompanied her to the Aquarium. After entering the water, she held out a hand ________ Winter, who approached ________ , then moved away quickly. After a few minutes, the dolphin let Michelle ________ her back. Finally, Winter swam up to her shoulder. Then the two played on an hour-long swim around the pool.

When Michelle ________ out, she didn't shout with ________ because she was aware of dolphins' sensitivity to noise. Instead she ________ said, "I feel like I owed somebody something, and now I've paid my ________ ." Out in the parking lot, she got into the car and shouted loudly and happily all the way.