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　　When he was driving home one evening on a country road, he saw an old lady on the side of the road．He 　　1　　 in front of her ear and got out．Even with the 　　2　　 on his face, she Was worried．He looked poor and hungry．He knew 　　3　　 she felt．He said,“I am here to help you, madam．Why don't you wait in the ear where it's warm? 　　4　　, my name is Joe．”

　　She had a 　　5　　 tire．Joe crawled under the ear, changed the tire．But he got 　　6　　 and his hands hurt．She could not thank him 　　7　　 and asked him how much she 　　8　　 him．He told her that if she really wanted to 　　9　　 him back, the next time she saw, someone who needed help, she could give that person the 　　10　　 they needed．

　　She drove off．A few miles down the road the lady saw a small 　　11　　．She went in．The waitress had a sweet smile, and was nearly eight months 　　12　　．The old lady 　　13　　 how someone like her who seemed poor could be so kind to a 　　14　　．Then she remembered Joe．After the lady finished her meal．the waitress went to get her 　　15　　 from a hundred-dollar bill．But she stepped right out the door．

　　when the waitress came back, she noticed something 　　16　　 on a napkin(餐巾纸),“I am helping you because someone once helped me．If you really want to pay me back．here's what you do-Do not let the 　　17　　 of love end with you．”

　　That night when she got home, she was 　　18　　 the money and what the lady had written．She and her husband needed money with the baby 　　19　　．next month．She knew how worried her bus band was and as he lay 　　20　　 next to her, she whispered, “Everything's going to be all right, I love you, Joe．”

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　　One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter．For several weeks she had been 　　1　　 me to play chess(棋)with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly 　　2　　．It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 　　3　　 my moves, because she 　　4　　 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning．I 　　5　　 she had strict sleeping habits, 　　6　　 I thought she ought to be able to 　　7　　 some of this strictness．I said to her, “　　8　　, you can stay up late for once．We’re having 　　9　　．” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 　　10　　．Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly．” “No,” I replied．“If you’re going to play it 　　11　　, you’re going to play it slowly．” And so we 　　12　　 for another ten minutes, until 　　13　　 my daughter burst into tears, and 　　14　　 that she was beaten．

　　Clearly I had made 　　15　　．I had started the evening wanting to have a 　　16　　 time with my daughter but had 　　17　　 my desire to win to become more 　　18　　 than my relationship with my daughter．When I was a child, my desire to win 　　19　　 me well．As a parent, I 　　20　　 that it got in my way．So I had to change．

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　　Papa's jaw dropped when Mama told him that Sister had cheated on her final exams－not to succeed but to fail．“It's unbelievable!” he said．“Sister has always been so proud of her good grades!”

　　“Yes, she has,” said Mama．“But it's not unbelievable．It just shows how badly she wanted off the swimming team．”

　　“Wanted off the swimming team?” said Papa．“She never said anything about that to me．”

　　“Of course she didn't,” said Mama．“She was afraid you'd blow your top．You already had her getting a swimming scholarship to college and winning gold medals at the Olympics．Can you imagine how much pressure she must have felt? For her, being on the team couldn't have been much fun．”

　　“Oh, my gosh!” Papa said, clapping a hand to his forehead．“I've been so stupid! I just thought she'd want to be a champion swimmer because she's so good at it．”

　　“It's like anything else, dear,” said Mama．“No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you won't want to do it anymore．”

　　Papa put his head in his hands．

　　“She must be really mad at me,” he mumbled．“Maybe I should say sorry to her．”

　　Sister's footsteps could be heard on the stairs．She came into the kitchen and looked hopefully up at her parents．

　　“Honey,” said Mama with a smile, “your papa and I have decided that there's no reason for you to be on the swimming team if you don't want to．”

　　Sister's face lit up like a Christmas tree．“Yippee!” she cried．

　　“And,” added Papa, “there's no need for any more drills．I'm sure you'll bring your grades back up all by yourself．”

　　Sister ran to Papa and jumped into his arms．She gave him a big hug．“I'm going to go play cards with Lizzy!” she said．“See you later!”

　　From the kitchen window, Mama and Papa watched their daughter run down the sunny road toward Lizzy's house．

　　“It's good to see her happy again,” said Mama．

　　“It sure is,” Papa agreed．“As for the swimming team, there's always next year．”

　　“If?” Mama prompted him．

　　“Oh, right,” said Papa．“If she wants to．”

　　Mama smiled．“At least you're learning, dear,” she said．She kissed him．

　　“Well, you know what they say,” Papa said．“Better late than never．”

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