When a small boy approached the counter at Freddy’s, Travis Sattler was there to take his order. The boy wanted ______, but he did not have enough to pay for his order, ______ he cleared out his pockets.

Sattler decided to ______ his own credit card and pay for the boy’s order. After telling the boy that the ice-cream was paid for, the boy gave the clerk a wide ______, which would have been reward enough for the ______ deed.

Much to Sattler’s ______, as the boy and his mother were leaving the ______, the boy handed the clerk a note. It said, “Thank you for being so nice and paying for my ice-cream. We need more people like you.” Attached to the note was a $100 bill. ______, Sattler didn’t hesitate to return the money to the mother. The boy’s mother said that the money could be used to pay for the next customer’s order.

Sattler’s boss is so ______ of his employee that he decides to give the clerk a $100 bonus (奖金). The restaurant is also ______ the mother and her son some gift cards for the act of kindness. Travis Sattler plans to add the money to his nursing school fund.

More good things come from small things

About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any_____from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.

We_____often in the hallways when we were coming or going. I_____spoke, but the only_____I ever got was a hello from the four – year – old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I_____they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door_____for the others. I_____in the car doing unnecessary things because I didn’t like to be snubbed（冷落）. The parents were_____her to hurry and get in the car, I looked up and saw the little girl was_____holding the door open,_____for me.

I hurried as much as I could and______her. She was smiling from ear to ear. That afternoon I saw a white toy bear, I______the little girl and said to myself, “I______she would like that” so I bought it. I wrote a note______how much her act of kindness had touched a soft spot in an old man’s_____.

The next day there was a_______on the door and_____was the little girl and her father. She was so proud of her bear and thanked me. Then I______her mother and the other children were there in the hall too. The mother and father both thanked me.

Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a______manner, I might add.______time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. In fact, hardly at all.

In 2016, Lorna challenged her 12-year-old son Sivert to distance himself from social media until he was 18. If he ________ the challenge, she’d award him $1,800 on his 18th birthday. On February 19, 2022, Sivert claimed (索取) his ________.

Lorna was inspired by a ________ she heard on the radio called the “16 for 16”, where a mother gave her daughter $1,600 when she turned 16 if she ________ social media.

Sivert said it wasn’t too ________ to live without social media, and he didn’t think about it much during the six years. As a 12 year old, Sivert said he wasn’t using social media much ________. Before the ________, the only app was Snapchat—which he deleted a day after ________ it out.

“I wouldn’t say there was ever a time where I thought I was about to ________,” he said. “As it went on, it was more of a ________ thing.”

He also had his friends to ________ him up to date on the latest ________ or trends (趋势). “I got to ________ all the unnecessary drama that was on there,” Sivert added.

Lorna said she never had to ________ for any sneakily downloaded apps. “He’s so ________. It was definitely more for proving a point,” she said. It also meant he had more time to focus on his grades and sports instead.