One day, I was walking home from school and saw some ______ on the fence (栅栏) of a house. It said “Happiness is a direction not a place.” I was having a bad day but it became a little ______ after reading this. I also took out a pen and wrote one of my favorite quotes (格言) down at once.

When I came back to the ______ the next day, I saw another quote under mine in the ______ as the first one, I added another, so we kept on ______ for quite a while. One day, I was writing another quote on the fence and the old man, one of my neighbors, who ______ the fence, saw me. He came out and I was afraid he would be ______ for writing on his fence; everyone in my neighborhood knew he was known to be very ______. He gave me a look of coldness and seriousness and then read the quotes. He then went back inside ______ saying a word to me. I was even uneasier and ______ to go back to the fence. But when I did, I ______ no more quotes but two words in completely different handwriting had been added, “______”.

Later, I saw the old man in his front yard. ______, he called me over and told me how my quotes on the fence ______ him, how he thanked me and how he was glad to see young people still have “Values”. We are now good friends and I talk to him a lot. This ______ has changed my life. I still don’t know who wrote these quotes, but if he is out there, I’d also like to say thanks to that unknown friend.