【推荐2】As an only child, Nicole Renae often felt lonely. But that all _________ when she turned ten. For her birthday, Renae’s grandmother surprised her with a lovely gray puppy named Chloe.

From the very start, the two close friends were _________.Every ounce of love Renae gave, the little dog _________ tenfold. “She was such a _________ dog, which liked to delight me by licking my face.” Renae says.

But when Renae was 14, her father got a new job that came with a _________ : He would be working from home, and the house needed to be free of any heavy sound. “Chloe was very _________, ”Renae says. “I didn’t have any _________ in the matter though I didn’t want to _________ my dog. ”

With no easier option, the family _________ Chloe to an animal __________.

In time, Renae had a child of her own. Remembering the joy that having a dog had brought her as a/an __________ , Renae wanted her daughter to __________ the same. One day she saw a post on Facebook about a senior dog that needed a new __________. The dog in the photograph looked a lot like Chloe—she was even named Chloe. __________ it was decided: She would __________ this older dog.

When she met Chloe, Renae was struck with a /an __________ feeling. “She ran up to me and started __________ my face. I just knew in my heart that it was her close friend Chloe”

Renae remembered Chloe had been micro chipped as a puppy and she had kept its ID number. She found her new Chloe also had a __________.

“Fortunately, the numbers were a __________ .”Renae says. After years of thinking she’d never see her dog again, Renae is __________ to have her back home.

I’ve always dreamed of having a copy machine that would let me go in as one person and come out as ______. That way, I could be in two places at once. Just like you, I recently made a promise to do one thing, and then another fun thing ______ up.

“Hey, Zona,” said my little sister, Indi, “we have an idea for the coolest Halloween costume, but we can’t do it ______ you.”

My little brother, Tex, pointed to a photo in a magazine. “It’s a pea pod! There are three kids and each kid’s face is a ______!”

“That’s so cute,” I said. “But I’m about 10 feet taller than you guys. There’s no way our heads would fit into the costume at the same time. Why don’t you two do a double pod instead?”

“I really wanted ______ of us to have a costume together,” said Indi.

“Maybe we can come up with a different group costume then,” I said.

“We could be the three little pigs!” said Indi. “You know, the ones who didn’t want the big bad wolf to huff and puff and blow their houses ______.”

“Yeah!” said Tex.

“I love that idea,” I said.

We found an old book of fairy tales and read “The Three Little Pigs.”

“I want to be the pig with the brick house!” said Tex.

“I want to be the pig with the ______ house!” said Indi.

“I guess I’ll be the pig with the stick house,” I said, smiling.

Making the costumes ______ a lot of work, even with our mom helping. And the whole time, Indi kept saying “Won’t it be so fun when we all go trick-or-treating?”

So you can see why there was no way in the world I could change plans when I received an ______ to a Halloween party at Stephany Morrison’s house. Stephany is a really nice girl from karate, and her house has incredible Halloween decorations every year. The invitation described the best party possible, with “gruesome games and creepy ______.”

“Why aren’t you eating your dinner?” my dad asked that night.

“I guess I’m not very hungry,” I mumbled.

“Only a week until Halloween!” Indi cheered.

“Yay!” I said, trying my best to ______ excited.

After helping with the dishes, I went to my room, ______ I read the invitation again. From 4:30 to 8:00 on Halloween night, come to Stephany’s house for some ______ and some fright! I sighed. I’d be leaving to trick-or-treat at 4:30.

That’s when it dawned on me. We were usually back from trick-or-treating around 6:00, so it was possible I’d still have time to make ______ to half of the party!

I returned to the kitchen to talk to my parents about it, and my dad agreed to drive me to Stephany’s ______ Tex and Indi and I came home.

On Halloween, I put on my stick-house pig costume and had the ______ time going door to door with my adorably excited pig siblings. Then I headed over to Stephany’s. By the time I arrived, the “eyeball” cookies were gone and I’d already ______ the “haunted house” tour. But the “poison apples” were delicious, and I wasn’t too late to play some of those “gruesome games.”

So, dear Just One Kid, it’s ______ to happen once in a while that something comes up after you’ve agreed to something else. And it’s important to do the right thing and stick to your promise. But at times, you might be able to find a way to do both, like I did.

Maybe you can see ______ your friends would go to the movies on a different day. Or, if they’re doing something after the movie, maybe you can ______ them for that part. It never hurts to ask, right? And if it doesn’t work out, there’s always next time!