1 . I was the only new kid in the karate (空手道) class. Everyone else knew a lot of the moves and had yellow or orange _________, standing for their levels.

I had a total beginner’s white belt and felt extremely _______ the whole way through the class. I tried my hardest to _______ along, but everything was much _________ than I thought it would be. _________, as I was putting on my shoes, I was thinking, “There is no way I am ever coming back to karate!” And that’s when I _________ Elizabeth.

“You did great!” I said. “I was so stupid!”

“That’s how I _________ at first, too,” she said. “If you want, I can help you _________.”

I agreed and since then we’ve been amazing friends.

Not very long ago, Elizabeth had to _________. I felt very sad after I heard about the terrible ________. Elizabeth and I had to come up with a _________. We were actually pretty _________ with our solution. Here’s what we did.

First, we asked my mom to take a(n) __________ of us together and help us print it out regular size and tiny size. We put the regular photos in special frames (框架) that we __________ with “Friends Forever”. Then, we ________ the tiny picture of us in half and put the half with the other’s face in our own locket necklace (小盒式项链).

So __________ Elizabeth lives miles away and I only get to see her __________, our Friends Forever picture frames and locket necklaces really do ________ with the “missing-you” part.

Being __________ from your friend doesn’t have to be as bad as it seems right now. Photos, __________, phone calls, e-mails, and great memories can really and truly make a friend seem closer than he or she is.