When I was in junior high, the eighthgrade bully hit me in the stomach.Not only did it1and make me angry, but the embarrassment and humiliation were almost2 ． I wanted desperately to even the score！I planned to 3him by the bike racks the next day and let him have it.
For some reason, I told my4to Nana, my grandmother.She said，“Good5cause good results, and evil deeds cause bad results.”I told her, in anice way, 6 ， that I thought she was full of it.I told her that I did 7things all the time,and all I got 8was “baloney！”(I didn't use that word.)She stuck to her guns, though.She said, “Every good deed will come back to you someday, 9every bad thing you do will also come back to you.”
It took me 30 years to understand the10 of her words.Nana was living in a board-and-care home in Laguna Hills, California.Each Tuesday, I came by and took her out to11 ． I would always find her neatly dressedand sitting in a 12 right by the front door.
Moving my plate13 ， I took Nana's plate, placed it in front of me, and cut her 14 into small pieces.I then placed the plate back in front of 15 ． As she very weakly, and with great16 ， forked the meat into her mouth, I was struck with a17that brought instant tears to my eyes.
Forty years 18 ， as a little boy sitting at the table，Nana had 19taken the meat on my plate and cut it into small pieces so I could eat it.It had taken 40 years, but the good deed had been 20 ． Nana was right. We reap exactly what we sow.“Every good deed you do will someday come back to you.”
Notes：
①bullyn ． 恶棍 ②humiliation n ． 羞辱 ③evenvt.使相等 ④baloney n ． 鬼话 ⑤reapvt.收割1A.
