1 . This morning I found that I had deeply offended (冒犯) someone when I ran into my neighbor’s house and asked about their daughter’s health. I didn’t know whether I said anything _______. In fact, it was hard for me to _______ out whether what I said was offensive. Anyhow, I _______ to them, but the wife kept silent and the husband had none of it. I said I was sorry a second time and had a bad feeling that they would _______ talk to me again.

It made me feel _______ that I angered and hurt someone. But I couldn’t think of much else to do to make things better. I truly didn’t know if the friendship could be _______. I came home really _______. Why did they react so rudely?

Some days later, I settled down to write a letter of apology and _______ it with worry. I wrote the words in the letter, “I wished you live in love, mercy and faith. I wished your _______, who I cared about, to be healthy forever. I also hope for your ________. And I hope we will be friends again ________ we can’t talk to one another as much as we used to. Though now our ties are ________ maybe because of something I said, we remain connected in the world.”

Today, I received a(n) ________ from the couple with the following words on it: Thank you so much for ________ and sharing the pain of our daughter suffering from cancer. Your sincere ________ make us feel lucky to have neighbors like you. It was then that I breathed a sigh of relief and finally smiled.

2 . Ruby Kate, 11 likes to spend time with residents at the local nursing homes where her mother Amada works as a nurse.

One day last summer, Ruby_______that a resident named Pearl was staring out of the window and looking very_______. Ruby and Amanda learnt that Pearl’s dog had just left. She couldn't _______to have someone take care of her dog and it was basically homeless. After a little more _______, Amanda and her daughter found out that Pearl only gets $40 each month from her Medicaid check. Many of the other residents received just as little — if _______ — spending money at all.

Pearl’s story_________Ruby. She wanted to do something to_________her and the other residents. So she got out a_________and wrote down a simple question: “What are three things you wish you had?”

Amanda was_________of Ruby’s broad question. She didn't think her daughter would ________with anything helpful. “In my adult mind, that question is not going to ________” said Amanda. “They're going to tell you that they want things you can't give them.”

She went door to door at the nursing home, __________residents to list their three wishes. When Amanda saw what her daughter wrote in her notebook, she was__________that the list was filled with just________ requests like new pillows, books, razors and peanut butter.

Ruby and Amanda________all of the items on the first list and that started a chain reaction of ________ and kindness. They launched a GoFundMe page to__________money to fulfill more wishes. Soon after, Ruby's story went viral and she's now collected more than $250,000 and__________ her own nonprofit called Three Wishes for Ruby's Residents.

“I'd like it to go on ________ and ever and ever,” she said. “Because I just want it to go________and I want it to go around the states and even in different countries.”