Every Christmas Eve, there is a tradition of holding a party and a lottery (抽奖) in my company. The rule is that each of us pays ten 【小题1】, and one person takes all the money home.

That day, the office was 【小题2】 with joy, and everyone wrote names on different pieces of paper and put 【小题3】 into the lucky box. However, I hesitated (犹豫) when writing. Because the 【小题4】 son was going to have an operation (手术) soon, but she didn’t have money to pay for the operation. Although I knew the chance of winning the lottery was low, I wrote down her name.

Here came the moment. The boss shook the box, and finally took out a note. Then, the boss 【小题5】 read out the winner’s name. It was the cleaner! Cheers broke out in the office, and the cleaner almost cried and said, “I’m really the 【小题6】 person ever! With the money my son 【小题7】 receive the treatment and live a happy life again!”

At the end of the party, while I was 【小题8】 about this “Christmas miracle”, I walked to the lottery box and took out a piece of paper. It was written with the name of the cleaner! I was very surprised. I decided to 【小题9】 out more pieces of notes. Although the handwriting was different, the names 【小题10】 all the same. My eyes turned red, and I suddenly understood there was really a miracle of Christmas in the world, which was created by love.

Once there lived a little boy in a village. For him, winning was very 【小题1】.

One day the little boy took part in a running race in the village. In the first race, he competed with two other young boys and won. The crowd cheered for 【小题2】 and the little boy felt proud.

Later, the 【小题3】 race started and two strong challengers raced with the boy. Once again, the little boy finished first. The boy shouted, “Another race please!”

This time, two new challengers—a weak old lady and a blind man were 【小题4】 to the starting line by an old man. The boy felt confused (困惑的), but he still stood at the starting line. Race started and the boy was the only one to 【小题5】 that race.

The little boy raised his arms happily. However, to his 【小题6】, this time no one from the crowd cheered. And everyone 【小题7】 just looking at him silently.

“What happened?” the boy asked. The old man replied, “Try again, but this time you must finish the race together.”

The little boy then went to the starting line and 【小题8】 between the old lady and the blind man. Then he took both of them by hand and walked 【小题9】, and at last the three crossed that finishing line.

This time at the end of the race, the crowd cheered for a long time! The old man said, “Good boy, you have won much more than a race! You have received 【小题10】 respect (尊敬).”

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who painted the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose 【小题1】 them. One picture was a quiet lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds. All who saw this picture 【小题2】 that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had 【小题3】 , too. But these were rocky. Above was an angry sky, rain fell from it and lightning played in it. Down the side of the mountains fell a waterfall. This did not look 【小题4】 at all.

But when the king looked 【小题5】 , he saw behind the waterfall a small bush(灌木) 【小题6】 in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built 【小题7】 nest(巢). There sat the mother bird in her nest—in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the 【小题8】 picture. Do you know why?

“ 【小题9】 peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, 【小题10】 , or hard work,”explained the king. “Peace means to be the middle of all those noisy things and still be peaceful in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”