One Friday, 12­year­old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to______Mr Dawson’s house on the way to Amy’s house. As they got______, Janet saw him sitting in his front yard and______they should cross over to the other side of the street. Janet was______of the strange old man because of the stories she’d heard about him.

Amy said not to______. Still, Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown (皱眉)._____ , when he saw it was Amy, a broad______changed his entire face as he said, “Hello Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little______with you today. ”

Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying______and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson said that sounded______, and gave them each a freshly picked______off his tree.

When they______Dawson’s house, Janet asked Amy, “How come he was so______to us?”

Amy______that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very______and she was afraid of him, but she______he was wearing an invisible (看不见的) smile and so she______smiled back at him. After some time, he started smiling real smiles and then started______to her. Now he always______her an apple, and was always very kind.

Smiles are contagious (感染他人的). If you pretend he is smiling an invisible smile at you and you smile back at him,______he will really smile.

When my son, Noah, was younger, going out with him in public was difficult. He had been suffering from autism (自闭症), needing extra ________. Though he had been longing to get a picture with Donald Duck (唐老鸭), just waiting in line in Disneyland was ________.

On a Sunday afternoon, my phone ________. A voice said, “If you’re going to be home this evening, I’d like to ________, dressed up as Donald Duck.” It was Denny, who had spent years helping special-needs children, never ________ by their strange behaviors.

I made preparations for ________ Donald Duck. But I still had ________: Would Noah even notice? Would he be frightened? Yet, Denny ________ that it would be arranged well.

A few minutes before dinner, Donald Duck knocked ________ on the living-room window. Noah was expressionless. My husband ________ the door, and Donald Duck stepped inside. His big mouth and bright blue suit attracted Noah. He       ________ himself with a funny voice and Noah smiled. Later Noah hugged Donald Duck ________ and I took many sweet pictures.

Denny was at our home for only a few minutes, but the time was ________. As he left, tears rolled down my face. He had ________ met us once before, but without my saying a word, he knew how much my kid would ________ meeting Donald Duck in our own home. Even now, it remains our most treasured memory.

Bullied(霸凌), bothered and mad, I became a troublemaker in school. In the tenth grade year, it came to a head. I ________ friends with a rough kid who well could have caused the end of my future. A big fight was planned for that Friday night. My friend said, “Rudy, we’re tough. Let’s go.” I ________ agreed. I had a big head. It was a chance to show off. I would ________ those who had made me so mad.

I waited until the family was sound asleep. Quietly, I ________ out of bed, pulled on my clothes, and tiptoed(踮着脚走) to the back door. I was careful not to make a sound. However, Dad knew something was up. He ________ me off at the door.

With his hand on my shoulder, he insisted that we talk. I admitted where I was ________. The kids we would fight against had teased us.

It was our ________ to teach them a lesson. That’s when Dad ________ my future, and maybe my life. He replied, “You are no man when a ________ fight is your way. You become a man by knowing when to walk away. Learn it now and remember.”

I’m ________ that Dad stayed up to catch me that night. Bad ________ came the next day. Several were badly hurt in the fight. With a ________ to the head, my friend was now dead.

It could have been me, or I might have been ________ and taken away. Either ________ , that would have caused my end. Dad, you were the best: You taught me to stop the foolish ________ and to know when to walk away.