Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its _________ piece. But because it was not complete, it could only roll (滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine _________ the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but _________ of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on _________ the missing piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit _________. The circle put the piece into _________. It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so happy and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad _________ it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.

Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has _________ is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams of something better. He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.

We couldn’t be perfect. _________ we must still be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share __________ with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.

A long time ago, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 Mirrors in a village. A happy little ________ decided to visit it. When it arrived, it climbed happily up the stairs (楼梯) to the door of the house. It looked through the door ________ its tail shaking as fast as it could. To its surprise, it found itself looking at 1,000 other happy little dogs with ________ tails shaking just as fast as its. It smiled a big smile, and was ________ with 1,000 big smiles just as warm and friendly. As it left, it thought to itself, “This is a wonderful place. I will ________ come back and visit it.”

In the same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. It ________ its head very low and slowly climbed the stairs. When the little dog ________ the door, it saw 1,000 unfriendly looking dogs looking back at it. It shouted at them and was ________ to see 1,000 little dogs shouting back at it. As it left, it thought to itself, “That is a ________ place, and I will no longer visit it.”

All the faces in the world are ________. What kind of reflections (映像) do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

One summer evening as I was cooking dinner, there was a knock at the door. I _______ it and saw a truly bad-looking man. But his voice was _______ as he said. “Good evening. I come to see if you have a _______ for just one night. I came for a treatment this morning from eastern shore (岸), and there’s no bus till next morning.” He told me he had been hunting but with no _______. I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch (门廊). I went inside and prepared dinner. When we were ready, I asked him if he would like to _______ us. “No, thank you. I have plenty.” When I had _______ the dinner, I went out to talk with him. It didn’t take a long time to see that this old man had oversize (过大的) heart crowded that tiny body. He told me he fished for a living to _______ his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was hopelessly disabled from a back injury (伤害). At bedtime, we _______ a bed in the children’s room for him. On his next trip, as a gift, he brought a big fish and some fresh oysters (牡蛎) I had never seen. In the years he came to _______ overnight (过夜) with us, and there was never a time he did not bring us some fish or vegetables from his garden.

I know our family will always be thankful to have known him, from him we learn what was to accept the bad without a complaint and the good ________ thanks.