Hunger
When I was a young boy, my mother would place spoonfuls of vegetables onto my plate whether I wanted them or not and the rule in our family was that we always had to clean our plates. However, I rarely saw my mother eat the vegetables herself. She always served us first. She seemed never hungry.
She worked for a rich lady in town, and I always assumed that the reason why she didn’t have our tasteless meals was that she had eaten meats and sweets in the rich lady’s kitchen. Our meals were boring, and there was never enough since there were ten of us — my parents plus eight children.
One afternoon my older sisters were sick, so they couldn’t take care of me. Therefore, my mother had no choice but to bring me with her. It was a long winter day and as my father hadn’t had much work, we had even less food than usual. So I was very excited to go to the rich woman’s house.
My mother placed me in a corner while she rolled out pie crust (饼皮). Then she cooked some meat, and by the afternoon, the pleasant smell filled the kitchen and was making its way into my empty stomach. Then, a bell rang in the kitchen and my mother told me, “Don’t move” and then left.
I tried to do as told, but then I thought it wouldn’t matter if I ate just one blackberry. So I put a single blackberry into my mouth. What an explosion of flavor! The wonderful taste hitting my empty stomach was more than I could handle! Soon I was throwing blackberries into my mouth with two hands! It wasn’t until I was staring at the empty bowl that I noticed the empty, unbaked pie crust sitting on the table waiting for the berries. I looked around for more berries, but there was none. Suddenly, I heard footsteps approaching, so I quickly hid into the cupboard (碗柜).
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Just at the moment, my mother entered the kitchen, following a well-dressed lady.
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After the lady left, I crept(爬) out of the cupboard with tears streaming down my face.
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The Feel-Good Shoebox
Catherine sat on her bed with her chin in her hands. “Why aren't you getting ready for Grandma's birthday party?”asked Mother.
“I can't bake like Sylvia or knit like Anne,” Catherine grumbled. “They made good presents. All I made for her is an ugly card.” “It's a lovely card. And no one can be good at everything,” said Mother. She sat on the bed next to Catherine. “When I was your age, I felt sad when I couldn't do certain things. But one day Grandma showed me the shoebox game, and it made me feel a lot better.” Catherine frowned （皱眉）. “How can a shoebox make me feel better？”“You＇ll see，” said Mother. She disappeared down the hall, then came back carrying a shoe box, a pencil, paper, and scissors.
Catherine watched as Mother cut several pieces of paper into squares. “Nôw, I want you to write down all the things you can do,” said Mother. “Like what?” asked Catherine. “Why not start with things you've learned in school? Give it some thought while I ice Grandma's birthday cake.”
Catherine sat for a while wrinkling （起皱纹） and unwrinkling her eyebrows.Slowly Catherine began to write and write. Before long she had written on every square of paper. She was so busy that she didn't hear Mother come into the room.“My goodness!"said Mother.“Do you think they'll all fit in the shoebox?”“I hope so,” said Catherine. “It was fun thinking of all the stuff I can do.”“And the next time you feel sad because you can't do something, your feel-good shoebox will remind you of how much you can do-just as mine did when I was a little girl,” said Mother,“Now let's finish getting dressed for Grandma's party.”
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“Happy birthday！” yelled（欢呼） the children when they arrived at Grandma’s house.
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Then Catherine gave her card to Grandma.
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A Texas family is hoping to repay a good man who jumped into action to save a 10-year-old girl from a riptide（激流）that almost turned their summer vacation into a tragedy.
The Whiting family was enjoy their last day of vacation on a sunny beach in Monterey, California, when 10-year-old Haylee Whiting got caught in a riptide. Haleey’s mom, Samantha Whiting,was sitting on the shore when she heard her daughter crying for help. Samantha rushed into the water to try and grab her daughter but underestimated the strength of the riptide. Soon the waves were swallowing them both.
“I was thinking ‘this is not happening; there is no way I’m being pulled out.’I was terrified, ”Haylee told CNN.
“I will never forget her face when she said,‘Mom，help me！’”Samantha said.
Luckily, Kevin Cozzi was nearby with his fiancée （未婚妻）and heard the commotion. A competitive swimmer himself, the California man said he had no hesitation in jumping into the waters. “I’ve been swimming since I was 3 years old competitively，so I felt like I could get to them，”Kevin recalled. “I ran out there and as soon as I got to the mom, I just told her to give me her daughter because I knew she was struggling.
Kevin ultimately was able to rescue Haylee, carrying her to shore before a lifeguard came to the rescue and took over.
“He saved as,” Samantha said.“If it hadn’t been for him coming to grab her off of me，there would have been no way that we both would have made it.”
Haylee suffered no injuries and the Texas family headed down to the following day,grateful to have avoided a tragic end to their vacation.
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However，the Whiting couldn’t stop thinking about this heroic stranger.
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Samantha decided to raise money to help Kevin and his fiancée plan their dream wedding.
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