1 . While I was in our garden yesterday morning. I saw a little newborn bird that appeared to have just fallen from a tree. I was amazed at how tiny it was, with its little ________ open and looking all around. So I ________ and it just stayed there in my hand and opened its mouth really wide. “Oh yes, it’s ________,” I said to myself. So I fed it with some tiny pieces of bread. Although I couldn’t see any physical ________ of injury, it was obvious that it was hurt. I took the bird into the house and took care of it, hour after hour. I just wanted it to get ________ and reunite with its parents.

This morning, as soon as the bird ________ my hand on its little head, it opened its mouth so wide. It amazed me how it would ________ outside and then look for me. It was the cutest thing ever! I haven’t been so ________ for months. I spoke to it and told it that it was meant to fly and be free, not to be ________ behind or hurt by humans or animals.

Luckily, I ________ to find the nest in the garden and placed the little bird back in it. I was overjoyed to see that its parents ________ to take care of it as soon as I left.

The little bird’s presence in my life was ________. It made me melt with just one look! It was so tiny, and so ________. When it wanted food, it would try to move around and fly but couldn’t, in a way I feel the same way with ________, when you know you are supposed to be flying high and you feel stuck and just want to have a ________ to give you some hope that things will be better tomorrow.

2 . Tanner and Brandon have been good friends for many years. However, Brandon has a _________ time getting through the hallways. Since Brandon uses a push wheelchair, he says his arms start to _________ after using it for a longer time.

_________ spending his hard-earned cash from his part-time job, Tanner determined to buy Brandon an electric _________ model. Little did he know Tanner has spent the last two years _________ saving up money. Tanner finally managed to buy the wheelchair last month. When he used it to _________ Brandon in class last month, the shocked teenager could barely _________ his emotions.

“They came in together and my face just blew up,” Brandon said. “I was just _________ everywhere. I was like, Wow I can’t _________ he did that for me.” “It’s been my __________ to just have one of these,” Brandon added, “and my dream came true.”

The boys have been happy to receive __________ from people for the moving story, especially Tanner. Tanner has had some __________ experiences over the last year, so his being able to __________ somebody else has really brought him out——being able to know that he made a great __________, Carmack, Tanner’s mother said, “And I can see a difference in him—like wanting to __________ and do more.”