When I was a junior high school student, I had a Christmas I would ________ forget. I was born in a family of ten. ________ my parents worked hard, they could hardly make ends meet(维持生计).

One day before Christmas, our mother ________ a kids-only family meeting. She looked tired. Her face could only mean ________. “Oh, no. Not another Christmas with ________,” I thought to myself. She told us that we actually had $600 this year ________ Christmas gifts. We were excited when we heard this. But what my mother said next cut through each of us like a ________. Our father, not wanting to let us ________, decided to hold back the money he had promised to donate to our church that year. It was not a(n) ________ choice for us to make. After a short discussion, we all agreed to let our father keep his ________ to our church.

On Christmas morning, in order not to wake up our parents, we ________ walked into the front room. Then we carried out our special Christmas plan. ________ Dad walked into the front room, the first thing he noticed was the tree. 30 20-dollar bills were ________ in the tree, totaling $600 in cash! Then he began to sob(抽泣) because he found there were no ________ under the tree.

“Merry Christmas, Daddy!” we all shouted.

That year I didn’t get any gifts for Christmas, but it was also the year I ________ the truth of the old saying: It is better to give than to receive.

One small thing changes(改变) Sonia. She always thinks of the boy, but _______ doesn't she help him?

The boy wants to buy a book, but he can't because he has ________money. He is not happy. He looks at the money in Sonia's hand. He can buy the ________with it. But Sonia goes away. Sonia doesn’t know his idea, Then she comes back home. She ________it to her brother David. David says,"" Why not give him money? He needs ________，and you can help him.

Sonia _________ to that shop to look for that boy, but time never waits for(等待) her.

On that day, Sonia________ a lesson. Many people are like Sonia. We can help people a little sometimes, but we ________want to wait for big chances (机会). Big chances don t come at any time. But we _________small ones every day.

Sonia waits for ________chances at first, but now she changes a lot. She also helps people with small things.