I can tell by your that you are satisfied with the decision.

    Nathaniel Hawthorne went home with a broken heart. He told his wife Sophia that he  (lose) his job.

    To his surprise, she spoke to him with great joy.

    "Now," she said  (happy), "you can write your book! When you had your job, you didn't have time to write down what you were thinking about. Now, you are free. You can do what you like and make your dream  (come) true!"

    "Yes," said the man sadly, "but what shall we live on while I am writing it?"

    Instead of  (say) any words, she took out a small box  opened it. There  (be) a large amount of money.

    "I've always believed you are  talented man," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a great book. So every week, out of the money you gave me for everyday use, I saved a little bit. Now this money can help  (we) through the year."

    With her trust and confidence, one of the  (great) novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter, was born.

    Some of the famous  (story) have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a best friend.

—Not everyone can be the Asian flying man. He is my hero.

—Of course. You'd better read English every morning and talk with your friends in English after class.

—So am I.

    A man was walking along the beach when he suddenly noticed some children dancing far away from him. "What on earth are they 1 on the beach?" he thought and quickly 2 towards them.

    He was surprised that a boy and a girl were not dancing but picking up the 3 on sands and throwing them back into the sea.

    "Excuse me, why are you 4 the starfishes back into the sea?" he asked.

    The children didn't 5 but continued picking up the starfishes and kept throwing them back into the sea.

    Don't you think it is a waste of your 6? There are hundreds of starfishes still lying around. 7 you can't keep this act all day long." the man talked to the two children with a smile.

    At last the elder boy replied, "Sir, you see it is very hot and the Sun will soon rise. Though my sister and I can't throw all the starfishes back into the 8, we are sure it is important to the ones we 9 in throwing. Would you like to join us? It would make a difference." The man 10 and said, "It certainly would," so he also picked up the starfishes and threw them into the sea.