1 . Thanksgiving Day was near. A first grade teacher gave her class a fun   _________ — to draw a picture of something for which they were _________.

Most of the class might be considered economically _________, but still many would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies (好吃的东西) of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the _________of most of the students’ art. And they were, for the most part.

But one student named Douglas _________a different kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. As other children played with each other during break time, he would stand closely by his _________side.

Yes, his picture was _________. When asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a _________. Nothing else. Just an empty hand.

His image _________the imagination of his peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a __________, because they raise turkeys. Another __________ a police officer, because police keep people safe. And so the__________ went on.

Finally the teacher walked over to Douglas’ desk, bent down and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and said, “It’s yours, teacher.”

She   __________ the times when she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there, and times when she’d said things like “Take my hand Douglas, we’ll go outside” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.”

This story tells us that we might not always say __________. But we’ll remember the hand that __________.