It was two days before Christmas and young Maggie Dotson was already being told that her Christmas wish would not be coming true. Paxton, she was _______, would not be coming back.

Before that December day a(n)_______baby deer had been abandoned in the woods behind the Dotson’s home. So _______was the little deer that he hadn’t the strength to run from Maggie’s father when he _______him. _______ he carried the little deer towards their home, Maggie rushed outside and_______rubbed the little deer’s nose; it licked (舔) Maggie’s hand, which made her laugh. Mr. Dotson smiled and just shook his head. He proceeded to carry the little deer to the _______.

In what seemed like a few seconds to Mr. Dotson, Maggie rushed to the house and came back carrying a medical bag, and a _______of lettuce (莴苣) she had _______from the refrigerator. Maggie handed her father the bag, and then placed the lettuce by the little deer’s mouth — but he wasn’t ________.

As Mr. Dotson placed a ________around the little deer’s injured hoof (蹄), Maggie became excited as the little deer began to bite on the lettuce. It was dark outside and the temperature was quite ________. Maggie insisted that her father return with carrots and warm blankets for him. He promised he ________.

After he _______the light in the garage, Maggie turned to her father and said, “I’m going to name him Paxton, Daddy.”

With time and ________, Maggie finally gained the little deer’s ________. In fact, he was soon eating carrots right out of her hand. And when the holidays were over and Maggie was back in school, she never left ________feeding Paxton first thing every morning.

Mr. Dotson could see the ________ that his daughter felt for the little deer. That scared him,________, because he knew Maggie would never be able to say ________. So when his hoof had finally healed, Mr. Dotson came home early one afternoon to set him free.

【推荐2】A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for 3 days is now safe at home. But Casey told his parents that he was not ________ in the rainy, freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend — a ________.

The child went ________ on January 22 while playing with friends at his grandmother’s house. When the other children ________ to the house and Casey didn’t, hundreds of people ________ the search. Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child ________ in the woods. The police then found Casey at night. He was in good health. After being ________ carefully by the doctor, Casey was sent home with slight ________.

Casey told the police that he had ________ with a black bear for two days and he called it his “________”. His mother told reporters that Casey did not say how he was able to ________ in the woods for three days. ________, she said, “He did say he had a friend in the woods, a bear, with him.” His mother ________ everyone who joined the search for her son. “We just want to tell everybody that we’re very thankful that you took the ________ out to search for Casey,” said his mother. “He is good. He’s already asked to ________ online cartoons.”

【推荐3】At around 3 p.m. on Monday, Erin Wilson stopped at a picnic area along Highway 299. She began walking her two-year-old sheepdog, Eva, along a path when a mountain lion ______ and attacked Wilson, who screamed—catching the ______ of her 2-year-old Belgian Malinois. Eva, who had been wandering ahead, immediately returned to ______ her owner. The mountain lion then ______ on the 55-pound dog and bit onto the bodyguard’s head. Wilson ______ without success to fight off the lion with stones, so she ran up to the road, frantically trying to flag someone down.

Sharon Houston, who was driving by, saw Wilson and ______. After learning about the mountain lion attack, without ______ Houston jumped out of her car with her pepper spray (喷雾剂) and also grabbed a stick. The two women ______ to the scene in the forest, where the struggle was going on, with the mountain lion still ______ to let go of the dog. They both started hitting it and yelling ______ it finally set loose the bleeding dog.

Eva eventually ______. Houston pepper sprayed the mountain lion in the face, and it immediately turned away and ______. Eva was gravely injured, and Wilson ______ drove Eva to a vet (兽医). After spending several days there, the dog was ______. Now Eva, lying on her own bed with her favorite toys, is on the road to ______. “My dog is my hero and I owe her my life,” Wilson said.

【推荐1】I had ever been invited to see a performance. That day I met a brave and talented boy I would never_________. The young musician, Mr. Patrick Henry Hughes, was rolled onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the_________. His fingers danced across the keys as he made beautiful_________. He then began to sing as he played, and it was even more_________.I was seeing something_________in his face. It was something that I_________can’t explain. And his smile was magic!

He was born with no_________and a pair of paralyzed（瘫痪的）legs. As a child, he was fitted with man-made eyes and_________in a wheelchair. Today, Patrick is a junior. His father_________classes with him and he’s made nearly all As.

But more than his_________musical talent, it was Patrick’s “attitude of gratitude” that_________my soul. On stage, between songs, he talked to the_________ about his life and about how blessed he was. He said, “God made me blind and unable to_________. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability,the musical_________I have and the great opportunity to meet new people.”

I_________a quote, “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass;it’s about learning to_________in the rain!”

I thought that’s it! We all_________adversity（不幸）in our life. However, it’s not the adversity, but how we react to it that will determine the joy and_________in our lives. During_________times, do we spend too much time we feeling sorry for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude,_________how to dance in the rain?

【推荐2】Elton Hood and Tracy Eckhardt are from New Windsor, I'llionois. They are the kind of people who would ________ everything to help another person-even a stranger.

In July, the couple stopped at a gas station in Woodhull. There, Elton began ________ an elderly man who seemed confused. As it turned out, he had spent the last week driving and was completely ________. Luckily, his new ________ were more than happy to set him on the right path!

The driver, an 80-year-old man named Dennis, was ________ from Arizona to Wisconsin to visit his ________. But he had great trouble with the ________, getting lost many times and often driving the wrong way for ________.

________ to get him back on track, Elton wrote out careful new directions and gave Dennis his phone number, just in case. Elton even ________ the directions into Dennis' GPS, confident they wouldn't lead him away from the ________ direction.

________, it didn't take long for Dennis to get lost again. The couple received a ________ shortly after saying goodbye to him, and they ________ at once to take a three-hour road trip to Wisconsin so Dennis could ________ them in his truck!

Along the way, they stopped, ate lunch and listened to Dennis' ________. Tracy and Elton quickly grew attached (喜爱的) to Dennis, whom they would have never gotten to know if it hadn't been for Elton's ________!

Thanks to Tracy and Elton, Dennis ________ safely in Madison, where he reunited with his son.

As if all this wasn't heartwarming enough, Tracy and Elton then ________ to lead Denis back to Arizona when his trip ended!

“We started this and we feel like we ________ to see it through,” Elton said. “So that's what we are going to do. We are going to make sure Dennis makes it to Arizona in one piece.”