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　　“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance tonight．I hope you’ll come．Here is the ticket．Don’t forget!” Then she 　　1　　 in a hurry．

　　“What? Dance? Is that 　　2　　?” I asked myself．Mary was not such kind of girl．She was a quite 　　3　　 one．I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes．In fact, she really did not know 　　4　　 to dress up．What a terrible thing!

　　“I should go to, I must go to．” I thought．

　　I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my 　　5　　 and sat down．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would have a 　　6　　 time before her turn, for I had no sense of art, 　　7　　 her performance was worth(值得)watching, no matter how long I would wait．Time went 　　8　　, I tried my best not to fall asleep．

　　Just then, came the 　　9　　“Let’s welcome the next exciting dance－Latin!”,

　　Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible, 　　10　　 to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared．She 　　11　　 with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying．I could 　　12　　 believe my eyes．

　　After all the performance ended, I 　　13　　 her at the gate．

　　“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶)shoes．“How do you feel?”

　　“Fantastic!” I answered．

　　“Ha, ha．I knew 　　14　　 would be．” She could not hide her excitement, laughing 　　15　　 a child．

　　At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

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　　Dear Laura,

　　I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program．You don’t know whether it is true that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world．Well, I’m here to give you 　　1　　．

　　I wanted to do something very 　　2　　 for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child．He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle．Then, he spent hours and hours on it 　　3　　 it looked almost new．I was so proud of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet(头盔)and a riding outfit(全套装备)．

　　I could 　　4　　 wait for him to open up his gift．In fact, I couldn’t sleep the night before．Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to 　　5　　 the coffee, tea, and morning dishes．In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 　　6　　：” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son．”

　　I was so surprised．It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 　　7　　 lessons．“Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s promise．

　　I stood there shocked(震惊的), crying a river, asking myself how my son could 　　8　　 this expensive gift．

　　Of course, the house awoke, and my son was very pleased with my reaction(反应)．Many kisses were exchanged, and I immediately wanted him to 　　9　　 my gift．

　　As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting．Then I 　　10　　 that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard．

　　Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month．

　　So I wanted you to know, that kind of love is 　　11　　 present and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

　　I thought you’d love to 　　12　　 this story．

Yours,

Hilary