——Did you go to Jack’s birthday party? ——No, I _________.

　 What do you do at weekends? Some people like to __11__ at home, but others like to go for a walk __12__ have a picnic. My friend Jack works hard in a factory during the __13__. At weekends he always _14__ the same thing. On Saturday he __15__ his car and on _16_ he takes his family to a nearby village. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a __17__ one, but there’s always __18__ to do. The children help with the animals and give them their _19__, Jack and his wife help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all __20__ and Jack’s aunt gives them a big meal.

Thanksgiving Day was near. The Grade 7 teacher asked her students to   16 a picture of something for which they were thankful.
People celebrated the   17  with turkey and other traditional goods of the season. So,   18  of her students’ pictures were about them.
However, Jack made a ___19____ kind of picture. Jack was not the same as other boys. He always looked sad. When asked to draw a picture of something for which he was   20  , he drew a hand. Other students were all very    21  in the picture. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers feed    22  . Another suggested a police officer, because the police   23  and care for people. Still    24  guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us. And so the    25  went on until the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself.
When the children had gone on to other subjects, she stopped at Jack’s desk and asked him   26    it was. The little boy looked up and said in a   27  voice, “It’s yours, teacher.”
She remembered the times she had taken his hand and   28    with him here or there, as she had with the other students. She often said, “   29  my hand, Jack. We’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to use your pencil.” Jack was most thankful for his  ___30____ hand.