A friend wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. He felt hopeless (绝望的) at that time. He ended his letter with this ________ “We can’t ________ change this crazy world we live in, can we?” I replied to him and started my own ________ with these words “Yes, we most certainly can!” I can still remember someone who ________ my world. She was the music teacher at my primary school. I liked her music class and I wanted to impress (使留下深刻印象) her. However, I didn’t know how to ________ any instruments (乐器).

One day, she let me try playing her ________. I did my best, but could only stumble along (断断续续地弹奏). When I finished playing, I put my head down. “I guess I am not very ________,” I told her. She looked at me with her ________ eyes and said, “We are all good at something. You just need to ________ what you are good at. Then, you can ________ it with the world.” Those simple words changed me. They made me realize that I had something good inside of me. I just had to find it and share it. Then I could change the world, too.

One day, Rick had a fight with his classmate. He was unhappy all day long. After he came home from school, he told his grandfather about the fight. “He is a really bad boy, ”Rick said angrily. “And I dislike him.”

The grandfather said with a smile, “I’d like to tell you a _______, dear. When I was a boy at your age, I sometimes didn’t _______ others for what they did too.”

Rick listened carefully _______ his grandfather continued, “There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is good and kind. He gets on well with _______ around him. But the other is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing can make him angry. He _______ with others all the time, and for no reason. He hates others and never cares about them. It’s _______ for me to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to win and control _______.”

Rick looked into his grandfather’s eyes and asked, “Which tiger finally _______ , Grandpa?”

The old man said slowly, “The good and kind one.”

“How does it win against the other one in the fight?” asked Rick.

“I always _______ the good one,” replied the grandfather.

“Oh, I see, ” the boy thought for a while and said. “You are ________ to show your kindness to others all the time. Because of that, you never hate them and get angry.”

On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a supermarket. We had bought many _______. I was feeling a little tired as I was carrying our shopping bag, so I decided to throw something away. I noticed a poor _______ walking out of the restaurant in front of us while I was walking towards a dustbin(垃圾箱). He headed over to the nearby dustbin and started _______ it.

I suddenly felt very sorry because I was about to _______ a new drink just because it was too heavy. I walked up to him and handed the _______ and some bread over to him. The man looked up in surprise and _______ what I gave him. A huge smile appeared on his _______. I felt I couldn’t be _______ with myself. But then he said, “Wow, this is my son’s lucky day!”

With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his _______. I even heard him singing as he rode away. I got a warm feeling inside. I now ________ what it means by the saying “Giving is getting”.