Resi and I walked to school together every morning.We linked up with some of the other village children.It was 1945 in Germany, and this was a______thing because of the war.

Sometimes Resi and I took a shortcut, a little path ______a meadow(草地). One day, we saw a young stranger, chopping wood in the side yard of a house.We walked away quickly, _______ who he was.                                                                             

The next morning, there he was. He didn’t seem to notice us,______we were only a few feet away. Again we stared , then ran away.

Resi said that he was one of a small group of Americans being captured(俘虏) by the German army .We weren’t afraid, just______. He looked nice.

One morning some days later, the American ______from his woodpile. He smiled and said, “Hi.”

We didn’t know any English. So, as usual, we ran away.

From then on, ______ we passed by, we would find the American working in the yard, almost as if he was ______ us. Every day, he waved and repeated his “Hi.” We waved back and said“Hi” _______

After another week,another ______ English word “Bye-bye”.We laughed and parroted it back: “Bye-bye.”

Later, the man came closer to the fence,and said, “Frankie.”

Resi and I became quite ______with our “Hi, Frankie; byebye, Frankie” morning routine. Sometimes he would be singing. “You are my sunshine ...” he sang over and over,______, until we could sing the whole song.

One morning, Resi and I arrived, but there was no Frankie. We looked ______. No Frankie. We never saw him again.

Years later, at a picnic with our American relatives, ______ started singing, “You are my sunshine ...” Of course I remembered the words, and I ______joined in. I told them about Frankie. And to this day, whenever I hear the song, I remember Frankie and the wonderful legacy he left us : our first English lesson and many happy memories.