One cold day in the early spring of the year, my father, who was a farmer, was ploughing(耕地)．I, eleven years old then, was 　　1　　 the horse．I didn't do the 　　2　　 well as it was rather cold．I thought the task was a little 　　3　　 for me．

　　“Dad,”I said,“　　4　　 must I stay in the field?”“An hour,”he answered．An hour 　　5　　 a long time and I said, “I 　　6　　 if I can go home now．My 　　7　　 aches．”

　　“I'm very sorry,”said my father,“but can't you 　　8　　 till it's time for dinner?”“I think not－my headache is getting 　　9　　．”

　　“Well,” he said, taking me 　　10　　 the horse and suspecting(怀疑)that my disease was rather in my heart than my head,“you may go home．I don't want you to work 　　11　　 you are sick．Go straight home, and tell your mother that I say you must take a large bowl of rhubarb(大黄)．Tell her that I think it will 　　12　　 you a lot of good!”

　　There was no choice．I went home, of course, and I had to offer the 　　13　　 to my mother．I told her that I thought my head was better, 　　14　　 not to take the terrible 　　15　　．But it was of no use and it was too late．She understood my case(情况)as 　　16　　 as my father did．She knew well enough that my disease was 　　17　　．So she prepared a large bowl of rhubarb and I had to swallow all of it．Dear me!How 　　18　　 it was!I am sure I would rather ride the horse all day than be treated 　　19　　 that way．Since then I've never told another 　　20　　．

　　Honesty is the best policy．

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　　It was a cold, wet day on June 6, 2010, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school．Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to 　　1　　, Wasana stared at the 　　2　　．Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that 　　3　　 at the back of the classroom．

　　He 　　4　　 large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡)at the base of a rock on the hill．For a few minutes, Wasana 　　5　　 the water, wondering why it looked so 　　6　　．Then it hit him－the 　　7　　 was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes．Fearing a 　　8　　 disaster, he shouted 　　9　　 at the students waiting outside their classrooms．“Run, run, don't stay here! The 　　10　　 on the hill is going to fall on us!”

　　Chaos(混乱)broke out 　　11　　 the students ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point．When some teachers 　　12　　 Wasana, he showed them the water rushing down the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground．

　　Just then headmaster Gurusinghe drove into the school．Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening．After 　　13　　 the site(现场), Gurusinghe knew the school was in 　　14　　．The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down 　　15　　．

　　　　16　　 a group of teachers and older students, Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock．They were too 　　17　　．Ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill．There was little Gurusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth 　　18　　 their classrooms．Thanks to Wasana’s 　　19　　 action and careful observation, 　　20　　 was hurt in the incident(事件)．

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　　My husband and I both work at home．We have four children, so the times when I am 　　1　　 in the house are few．Like many work-at-home moms, when I do get a 　　2　　 to be by myself, I fill that time with more 　　3　　, whether it's related to my career or taking care of the housework．Most of the time, I don't mind．　　4　　, I wanted this job as wife and mother, and I knew from the start that it often 　　5　　 putting others' needs before my own．But, other times, I can't help but feel a little 　　6　　 because I seldom had any plans for myself, and everyone knew it．My life 　　7　　 on my family, but they seldom appreciated this, which often 　　8　　 me a lot．

　　One day, when the kids were at school, I 　　9　　 for the movie theater-alone, I'd 　　10　　 been to the movies alone before, so I was a little nervous．Would I look pitiful going to the theater by myself? Was I being ridiculous(荒唐可笑)by seeing a movie 　　11　　 so much work waited for me at home? I 　　12　　 myself to swallow these 　　13　　 and bought myself a ticket．And then I walked into the theater with my 　　14　　 held high and enjoyed every minute of the movie．I laughed and felt my good spirits 　　15　　 for a couple of hours, I was 　　16　　 wife or mother．I was just myself．

　　From that point on, I 　　17　　 that Fridays would be mine, 　　18　　 for a couple of hours．Some Fridays, I head to(前往)the beach with a good book．Other Fridays, I go shopping, 　　19　　 up a little fast food or some clothes just for myself．I really 　　20　　 my Fridays after a long week of caring of my family．