Jim, a successful businessman, told us the experience of his childhood (童年).

When he was 12, his parents died. He was _______ and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him. His only friend was a dog named Lucky.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped (掉落) from her arms. As she stopped to _______ it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.

A _______ feeling came to him. These were the first kind words that he never heard them before. He _______ her until she went far away, and then he whistled (吹口哨) to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” he repeated (重复) the woman’s words. Then he said them to his dog in a low voice, “You are a nice little dog!” Lucky raised its ears and it seemed that it _______ the boy’s words.

“Uh! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Lucky, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Lucky wagged its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his _______ carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean face. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new _______.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place, where that kind woman _______ the first seed (种子) of kindness in me there. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.