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When I was ten, my mother worked all day, so I had to1. care of my younger brother. At that time, my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.

One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him 2. my back and walked out. Soon he fell 3.. About half 4. hour later, I found that he lost a shoe while he was sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, 5. our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. I had to go 6. to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and 7. me just before I walked off. He asked me, “Are you leaving your brother here to find the 8.? What will you do if he is not here when you return?” I didn’t know 9. to answer that question. He continued, “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.

During my whole life I have received the kindness from many strangers. I feel sorry that I can’t find them and say “thank you”. I do not even remember what their faces looked like, but they taught me a 10. ---people are more important than things.

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