Several years ago, at the door of a house, I saw a small dog walking excitedly to me. As I took the 1 out of my bag, she swung her tail. I 2 things every day, and I'm used to being greeted by different dogs.
However, she was the 3 dogs I'd seen. "Sir, give the thing to my dog, Pippa, please," said her 4 , Melissa. I lowered the parcel towards Pippa's mouth, and she seemed to walk away with it 5 . Melissa explained, "As a member of our family, she takes pride in 6 us to get things inside." What a cute dog!
Pippa 7 my daily visits. Even when there was no parcel for her house, I couldn't 8 riding by her house, thinking that she was waiting for me. I'd stop to write "MAIL FOR PIPPA" on a card and then hand it to her. Pippa became someone 9 to me.
Last month, she risked her life to rescue a girl in the water. She was a real 10 . People around finally 11 for such a brave animal.
Now, meeting dogs is what I 12 most about being a man to send parcels. I've also made friends with some of them, who love it when I arrive at their 13 . I think I've got the best job in the world!
Every Christmas Eve, I dress up as Father Christmas and carry balls for all the dogs I've got to know through my 14 . I write on each card, "To Dogs Met on the Way to Work." I always think all dogs are 15 , but this Christmas I'll favor Pippa and award her an extra gift for her bravery.
What would you do if you won the lottery (中彩票)?For many, the first thing to do would be to quit their jobs and retire1 . But one Canadian man named Pierre Richer, who recently won $50 million, didn't 2 doing that.
Pierre Richer works as a driver and head of shipping at a catering company. On October6, he 3 a lottery ticket for $10 while shopping with his daughter for Thanksgiving.Several days later, Richer's wife and his daughter 4 he had won $50 million. His daughter 5 so loud that the family thought she had seen a spider (蜘蛛). When Richer 6 the room, he was told about the 7 . To all the excitement his daughter and wife felt, he 8 reacted. "OK," Richer said and then walked out,9 his work routine. The winner appeared 10 to the sudden wealth.
Considering that he is already in his 60s, people thought he would resign and take11 . But much to their12 , he showed up for work at 4:30 a. m. the Monday following his win as if nothing had 13 over the weekend. "I can't leave them alone in the dark. The shipping department will 14 in my absence," said Richer, whose 15 to work deeply touched his employer and colleagues.
The 13-year-old girl Anna Grace is a volleyball manager a basketball manager, and a theater volunteer, but perhaps her greatest1 is the fact that she has beaten cancer twice.
Anna was first diagnosed(诊断)with a rare type of2 in December of 2019. A softball player at the time, she told her parents she was experiencing muscle 3 in her left arm, only lifting it about eye-level. She had to4 surgery on her left arm.
For the following weekends after the surgery, doctors scanned her5 to make sure she was cancer-free and then in August of 2023, doctors6 a spot on her lungs. She had another7 on September to remove it. Anna said later the first time with cancer, it felt like a learning stage. The second time around, it was a little 8 to accept the news.
And throughout all of this, Anna has had to9 school work and hospital life. Her sufferings with cancer forced her to really10 herself because she was out of school for quite a while. Now she has11 and has straight As. Anna's father, Eric Bartel, said her journey has inspired him to 12 every moment, enjoying time with his loving daughter.
Anna is doing well these days though. She's13 in theater and is a coach's assistant. "When you're on14 you have to keep fighting, "Anna said. "Always live life to the fullest each day. You're loved. Your life 15 ."
One hot July day, three police officers went into a market to get something cool to drink. Once inside, they were 1 by a security guard (保安人员) to help with a 2 woman. The woman in question was obviously 3 , and her face was wet with tears. The officers looked inside her bag. All they saw were packets of 4 .
"I'm hungry," she explained5 . Caught in the act, the woman no doubt expected to be treated as a6 . But the police officers had other 7 . "We'll pay for her food," one of them said to the 8 security guard, "She would not be9 ."
"Thank you! Thank you!" the woman repeated, 10 her wet face. She was not the only one touched by this act of 11 . Customers at the store were so impressed by what they had12 that some even posted a photo online13 , attention was never what the officers tried to get. They were 14 by a far more common emotion.'
When we look at someone's face and see that they need you, it's pretty15 as a human being to walk away from something like this.
Joan Donovan was 84 years old when she finished her college degree, but the great-grandmother said she didn't want to stop learning just yet.
"I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to go to school. I met the most 1 people and fessors. Everyone surrounded me with 2 and support. And I learned that I had a 3 for writing," Donovan said. "That's when I found Southern New Hampshire University, which is a wonderful school. I just loved every minute of it."
Four years later, on December 13, 2022, Donovan graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a master's 4 in creative writing.
Donovan said the university heard she was graduating when her son called the school to 5 a frame for her diploma as a Christmas present. 6 , the school decided to send more than just a framed diploma, including a cap and gown, cupcakes, balloons and university spirit wear (印有大学精神的服装).
When she was young, Donovan's mother called her "Brilliant". She started first grade at the age of 4 and graduated high school by 16. The family couldn't 7 college, but she was able to take some post-graduate classes for free at her high school.
Donavan always wanted a 8 education, but marriage, babies and a busy life 9 things a bit. But she never gave up on her dream.
"I'm a goal-seeker," she said. "And it was a goal, and I10 it. It's a dream come true, really." Now, Donovan said she is using her new degree to write a novel as well as an autobiography.
"Well, I waited 60 years to 11 my dream. So I hope others don't have to wait that long," said Donovan, adding that her autobiography will be about 12 the "roadblocks" of life.
Donovan, who has 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, said the most important thing she's learned in life is to be a "13 learner".
"Don't ever give up. I mean,14 something doesn't work the first time, just try it again," she said. "And 15 , you'll find your dream come true."
It was snowing hard. Gus Kiebel, a county wildlife officer, was driving home from work when he 1 the pair in the flash of his headlights. The father-to-be scanned the roadside so that his struggling 2 might rest safely for the night. He looked over at her 3 . They needed a warm 4 from the bitter wind.
Gus parked his truck and 5 the animals. He stretched out his hands to the beagles (比格犬), which made no effort to 6 . Then he dialed the number from the dogs' tags (标牌). A man answered and immediately grew 7 when Gus told him why he was calling. "I gave those dogs away," the man said. "They're not mine anymore." Then he hung up.
Obviously, these beagles were 8 . Then he brought the tired beagles home. As a boy, owning beagles had been his 9 , but keeping this pair was out of the question now—the Kiebels already had a family dog. So he 10 the League for Animal Welfare to drop them off—on one 11 . "I'm not signing the dogs over to you if you're going to 12 them," he said. The shelter workers promised him they'd keep the couple together.
In the following days, Gus phoned the shelter 13 to check up on them. Soon, the beagles were adopted as a pair, to a loving family. It's a simple story, but it 14 the best of our nature. And when kindness weighs more than 15 , it becomes the greatest miracle of all.