【推荐1】My mother often asked me “What is the most important part of the body?” Through the years I would guess what I thought was the correct answer.

When I was younger, I thought ______ was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mommy.” She said, “No. Many people are deaf. But try to ______ your head and I will ask you again soon.”

Then last year, my grandpa died. Everybody was ______. Everybody was crying. My mum looked at me ______ it was our turn to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”

I was surprised when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game ______ her and me. She saw the conclusion(结论) on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have ______ enjoyed your life.” I saw that her eyes were filled with ______. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.”

I asked, “Is it because it ______ my head?”

She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry.   ______ needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you ______ it.”

【推荐2】A girl told her father about her hard life. She was always ______ because she has many problems in her life. And she didn’t know what she had to do.

Her father smiled and took her into the kitchen. He ______ three pots (锅) with water. And he put some sweet potatoes in the first pot. In the second one, he put some eggs. Sugar was in the third. Then he boiled (煮) them. The girl ______ why her father was doing that. She watched him and ______ without saying a word.

Twenty minutes later, her father took out the three things and put sweet potatoes on a ______, put eggs in a bowl and put sugar water in a glass. And then he turned back to his daughter and asked, “What do you see?” “Sweet potatoes, eggs and sugar,” she answered.

Her father told her to close her ______ and touch them. She did and she felt the sweet potatoes were soft (软的). Then she touched the eggs. They were ______. Finally, her father asked her to taste the sugar. “What do you mean, Dad?” the girl asked.

The father ______, “Each of the three things met with the same bad experience—they were all in the same boiling water, but they had ______ results. Sweet potatoes became soft, eggs became hard and sugar changed into sugar ______. Which one will you want to be, a sweet potato, an egg or sugar? You decide.”

A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home. She wanted to be ________, but she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still looking ________ her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she ________ a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you... _________ home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar(熟悉). “Is that my mother?” She moved closer and read the _________: I still love you...She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She ________ the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother’s ________. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up, “It’s me! Your ________ is back home!” The mother and daughter held each other, full of ________ tears(眼泪) . The daughter asked, “Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered ________, “The door has never been locked since you left.”

The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed.