I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a “night out with the boys”. He had no hobbies but just took care of his ________.

For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father ________ me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. He was always interested in my life and how my family was doing. The calls ________ came when he and my mother were in Australia, England or Florida.

Nine years ago, when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day, for three days, ________ my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. ________ he asked was a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy, ________ I got a new job and there was a lot of work to be done. Therefore, I ________ not take the time to hold the paintbrush or talk to my father.

Five years ago, my 71-year-old father came to help put together a swing set for my daughter. Again, he made the ________ requests—a glass of iced tea and talk to him, but again, I had clothes to wash, and the house to clean. ________ Sunday morning, January 16, 1995, my father telephoned me as usual, this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before. I had to get to church, and I ________ the conversation.

The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father was sent to hospital in Florida, I got on a plane ________. And I promised that ________ I arrived, I would make up for the lost time and have a nice long ________ with him and really get to know him.

I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was ________ who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

In the years since his death I have learnt much about my father, ________ even more about every single day. Never wait until it’s too late.

In most cities you go to, you will see walls outside covered with paintings of names and pictures. This is called graffiti. Some people like these paintings, but others do not. People who like them see this graffiti as art, but others believe it makes cities look terrible and that the people who do it should be arrested.

These days in the UK there are still lots of places where you can paint graffiti because most people like graffiti that has a lot of beautiful colors.

▲ ? It is believed that the first graffiti was dated from ancient Greece and Rome. There are still examples of very old graffiti from Greek and Roman cultures. However, modern graffiti started in New York in the early 1970s. It came from parts of the city and the people who wrote it were often teenagers. Graffiti is still part of the city culture in many places in the world today.

Banksy is Britain’s most famous graffiti artist. Banksy’s art is admired around the world. His paintings usually have a political message. Banksy has become very famous, but nobody knows who he really is. Banksy’s art is so popular that people sometimes try to steal it so they can sell it. What makes Banksy angry is that the messages in his art are against the idea of money.

In some cities, tourists can take graffiti tours. One of these cities is Bogota in Colombia. There is a lot of beautiful graffiti in Bogota and much of it shows the history of the country or has a political message. You can also see parts of the city that tourists do not usually go to. The tour is very popular and is also free. However, they ask you to give some money if you like the tour. They use this money to help poor Colombian artists.