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　　Grandpa and me sat side by side, watching the sun go down behind the old Texaco service station across the busy street．A street that I had never been allowed to cross unless accompanied by an adult(除非有大人的陪同), or at the very least, an older brother or sister．On that day everything changed．

　　“Thirsty?” Grandpa asked, never removing the pipe(烟斗)from his mouth．

　　“Yes,” was my reply．

　　“How would you like to run over to the gas station there and get me a bottle of coke?”

　　I couldn’t believe my ears．Had I heard it right? Was he talking to me? Still, Grandpa was thirsty…

　　“OK,” I replied shyly, already wondering how I would get across the street．Surely Grandpa was going to come with me．He said I was to go alone．I’d never done that before and it scared me a little．But I was a brave little girl．

　　He gave me a dime(一角硬币), stood up and looked both ways along the street．When he was sure the road was clear he told me to cross．I thought I’d never make it, but I did．Now I was on the other side, but next came the garage．I went inside and looked around me．Hmm, not so strange．I’d been in a garage before, with my father．I located the coke machine and put in my dime．Clunk(当的一声)! Out the bottle came．Coke in hand, I proudly marched back out into the early evening dusk(黄昏)．Grandpa was waiting patiently．He smiled．

　　I made it back to the other side and Grandpa shared the coke with me．It was the coldest, most refreshing(使人精神振奋的)drink I ever tasted．I was very happy．But I was happy about more than the delicious coke．I had begun to grow up a little－thanks to Grandpa, and a little to myself．

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　　It was getting dark．Some children and two Canadian women were still 　　1　　 on the ice near a big hotel．They were having a good time．

　　Suddenly the ice 　　2　　．One of the boys fell into the water．The children shouted, “Help! Help!” They didn’t know 　　3　　 to do．The two Canadian friends heard 　　4　　 and skated over to get the boy out of the water．

　　The ice was 　　5　　．The two Canadians fell into the water, too．But they tried their best to 　　6　　 the little boy．They knew they must be 　　7　　．If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die．

　　Many people ran over to 　　8　　．Some of them had ropes and poles．A young man jumped into the water to save the 　　9　　 people．

　　The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last．One of the women didn’t feel well．She was sent to the 　　10　　 at once．But she felt very happy because the boy was safe．