On the first day of school, Socrates (苏格拉底) told his students, “Today, we’ll only learn one thing. That is to swing (甩动) your ________ forward and backward.”

A man lived in a small village in Ireland. His name was Lusmore.

Lusmore is the Irish word for flower. He always had this flower on his hat, _______ people called him Lusmore. Lusmore had a big hump(驼背) on his _______. People didn’t like his hump and they said bad things about it. Lusmore was sad to hear that. The people were wrong because Lusmore was a good man. He often helped people in _______ and saved animals in danger. He also had a good _______ and he sang beautiful songs to others.

One day, he went to the market in town. He had to climb a hill on his way home. It was evening and soon it was dark. Lusmore sat _______on a hill and he looked at the moon and stars in the sky. _______, he heard someone _______ inside the hill. He listened carefully to the words, “Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.” Then Lusmore sang the words, too, but with one more “day”: “Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.” Soon the people started to sing _______ Lusmore happily. A door in the hill _______ and the people came out. They were small and had big ears. “Fairies!” said Lusmore.

One of the fairies came to Lusmore and she waved her hand at his __________ hump. “You haven’t got a hump now!” said the fairy.

Lusmore __________ his back. The fairy was right. That was the happiest day of his life.

A Man __________ Jack Madden who also had a hump heard about it. Jack was a bad man and he was always mean to __________. Jack sat on the hill and waited. Soon the fairies started to sing. Jack added two more “days” to the song. “Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, __________.”   “You like my singing,” said Jack, “Good! Now take my hump away quickly!”

The fairies were angry with him. One fairy waved her hand at Jack’s back and now he has a__________ hump. Then the villagers know that the fairies are nice to good people, like Lusmore.

One day, I was so angry with my parents that I left home. I said that I would ________ return. I was upset because my parents refused to buy me a ________.

But in my anger, I didn’t even realize that I had taken my father’s shoes and his wallet. As I ________ my way to the bus station, I felt some pain in my ________. I noticed that the shoe had a hole in it.

There ________ no buses around at that time. Not knowing ________ to do, I looked in my dad’s wallet. I was ________shocked. There wasn’t much money inside. I also found a note ________ was from his manager. He told my father to wear nicer-looking shoes to the office.

I remembered my mother asking him ________ a pair of new shoes, but he said that his current (现在的) pair of shoes should last ________another six months.

I started to walk home. All of a sudden, I remembered something. ________ I left home, my dad’s motorbike wasn’t there. Maybe he had sold it. I felt ashamed(羞愧). I started feeling ________ in my legs and wanted to cry. I ran home as fast as I ________.

When I got home, my dad ________ for me there. I hugged him tightly(紧紧地) and said, “Sorry, Dad. I don’t need a bike.”

I understood ________ pain and hardship(苦难) our parents go through sometimes, and how great their love for us is. Everyone should do a good job of remembering this from time to time.