Recently, as I neared the top of a difficult 35 foot climb at the local climbing gym, I made a dynamic move to reach the last hold. My right hand ________ the small, awkwardly placed hold, but I couldn’t ________, and my body fell away from the wall. Falls like this happen all the time. The rope catches you, and you rest in the air ________ getting back to try the move again.

This time, ________, something went terribly wrong. I glanced down as I fell from the hold, and watched in _________ as the rope raced through the harness (保护带) and disappeared from view.

When I hit the ground, a ________ impact rushed through my body. ________, I landed on my right side. Had I been upright, or in just about any other _________, I would probably have broken my legs, and possibly my back. Still, I broke my right ________, but the emergency medical technicians told me with _________ that I wasn’t paralyzed (瘫痪的) . That was my biggest fear and I realized I’d ________ the fall.

Somehow, I’d tied a bad knot when I ________ the rope to my harness. I had surgery on my ankle, and I’m in a wheelchair for a couple months, but I’m just a ________ to the world of disability. Now I can feel the ankle getting ________ by the day. For all of that, I am deeply ________.

A man was on a mission. When Denver accountant Steve Greig lost his beloved dog Wolfgang eight years ago, his life ________ forever. He ________ not one dog after Wolfgang died but more than a dozen dogs over the years, all of whom have been in their last few years of life. He chose to rescue these ________ dogs because they ________ wouldn’t have had a home.

Greig started ________ family photos of his animals on Facebook, and his following ________ quickly. He now has more than 894,000 followers, and in addition to nine dogs, he has a pig, two rabbits, two ducks, four chickens, two cats, and a 50-pound turkey.

“I adopted these animals ________ Wolfgang,” said Greig. He wanted something good to come out of the ________ event, so he went to a ________ and adopted the oldest dog there. After that, he started photographing his ________ life with his animals. “They are just a part of my life. I’ll come into a room and there’s a chicken sitting on a dog and it will be a great ________. I have no idea that these photos would ________ quickly, and now the followers are still growing,” said Greig.

He didn’t intend to ________ others, but that’s ________ what happened. Shortly after he started posting, his mailbox was filled with ________ of others adopting old dogs as well. His fame (声誉) ________ his book, which teaches kids about ________ what is old instead of looking for the next new thing.

Greig has had lots of messages on Facebook asking how he can ________ to adopt senior dogs, knowing the end is ________. The answer is ________ for him: “Love doesn’t have a time limit.”