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　　I'm someone who never went to university but always thought about it．The only way I 　　1　　 was listening to my children talk about their class and all the interesting things they were 　　2　　．University was just a life－long 　　3　　 of mine．I just turned sixty－four years old in September．I still thought about that old dream 　　4　　 one day when there was an Advanced－Age 　　5　　 at the local university．I decided to 　　6　　．

　　The day finally arrived－my first day of school．As I 　　7　　 there, my mind was filled with 　　8　　

　　thoughts, “What am I doing? I'm not smart enough to go to university．The 　　9　　 will laugh when they see me in class．I probably won't live long enough to get a 　　10　　 ．Maybe I should just turn the car around and go home．”

　　Then, 　　11　　, I saw it! A large billboard on the side of the road with a picture of Kermit the Frog．I 　　12　　 a little and read the words next to his picture． “Live your dreams．” Was Kermit speaking me? I didn't turn the car around．

　　I drove a little 　　13　　　on up the highway and there was another 　　14　　．This one had a picture of Albert Einstein with his tongue 　　15　　 out．A line read, “As a student, he was no Einstein．” And there was a word in red, “Confidence” ．A new attitude was 　　16　　　inside me．

　　I was now 　　17　　　the gate of the university and there 　　18　　 still another billboard．This one showed a photograph of a proud 　　19　　 in a cap and gown．Under the picture was her 　　20　　, Nola Ochs, aged 95．Oldest University Graduate．Below it was the words, “Live Life” ．At that moment, my outlook changed completely．

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　　A 　　1　　 thing happened 　　2　　 me last Sunday．It was such a beautiful day 　　3　　 I drove to go for a look in the country．

　　On the way back home, my 　　4　　 stopped．It was out of gas on a 　　5　　 road far from a town!I decided to walk 　　6　　 I found someone who could sell some gas．I had walked almost a mile 　　7　　 I finally found a house near the 　　8　　．I was glad to see it because it was getting dark．

　　I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair 　　9　　 She said,“I've been 　　10　　 for you here for a long time．Come in．　　11　　 is almost ready．”

　　“But I only came for some gas,”I answered．I couldn't 　　12　　 what she was talking about．

　　“Oh, Alfred!Gas?You 　　13　　 tea,”said she．

　　I quickly 　　14　　 that my car was out of 　　15　　, but she didn't seem to listen to me．She just kept 　　16　　 me Alfred and talking about how long it had been 　　17　　 she had seen me．She was acting very strangely and I was 　　18　　 to leave．As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could．

　　Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed．When I told the man about my 　　19　　, he said,“Oh, that's Miss Emily．She lives by herself in that big house．She's strange, but she wouldn't 　　20　　 anybody．She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago．The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war．”