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A Bag of Kindness 'Boys and girls, tomorrow I want you to bring a cup of macaroni (通心粉) for our
craft class, OK?' These (1)w______from my teacher rang in my mind all evening. I was afraid of the next
day
because I knew we had no macaroni at home. Living in an alcoholic (嗜酒的) family, we never had too
much of anything (2)e______ beer bottles.
I went home after school. Where could I find macaroni? I knew that the local bottle shop gave ten cents
for a beer bottle, so I decided to sell some bottles to get money for macaroni.
I started to (3)c______ the bottles. After selling those bottles, I earned eighty cents. Although I did my
(4)b______, I still had no macaroni for my craft class. 'Weren't you (5)l______when I asked you to bring it,
John?' my teacher asked. I went red in the face. I didn't know what to say and other children started laughing.
Then a little girl, Rosalyn, who sat beside me turned to me and said,'You can have some of (6)m______.'She
offered a bag of macaroni to me. The (7)k______ in her eyes made me cry and I ran out of the room.
I (8)n ______ took her macaroni or thanked her for her bag of kindness. However, I often think about
Rosalyn and the way she turned to save me that day. I used to spend a great deal of my life complaining and
keep kind people like Rosalyn (9)a______. After that class, I (10)c______. I am grateful to all the people like
Rosalyn that made this world a better place to live in.