AmotheranddaughterlivinginmycommunityaretwoofthemostunfriendlypeopleIhaveevercomeacrossinmylife.Theyaretotallyseparated,mixingwith (36)___.Astheydrivepast (37)___theykeeptheireyeslookingawayandmakenosignofacknowledgement.Theonlyfametheyhaveismakinganuisance (讨厌的人) ofthemselvestothelocalpolicestationby (38)___musicplayedtooloud,dogsbarkingmorethanonceadayandanyotherpetty (39)___gripe (把柄).
Onmovingintothisneighborhood,Iwas (40)___ofthesetwobutdecidedIwouldmakeupmyownmind.Thisprovedquitea (41)___tomeasmorethanonceeitherthemotherorthedaughterwouldknockonmydoorandblast (猛烈抨击) mewithsome (42)___orother.
I (43)___answeredpolitelyandmadesureI (44)___astheywentpastmyplaceandalsomadetheeffortnowandthentomakeakindremarkabouttheirgardenorpets.
TimepassedandinOctober,aspartofthekindnessrockgive (送爱心石活动),MaureenandI(45)___toplaceakindnessrockintheirgarden.Their (46)___remainedunchanged,however,andIcontinuedtobeasfriendlyaspossible.DuringtheEastergive,wedecidedonceagainto (47)___thesetwounhappyladiestoourlistandleftapacketofcookiesontheir(48)___.Imaginemy (49)___whentwodayslaterthey (50)___atmygateandjokinglysaidtheyareconsideringhangingtheirChristmasstockingontheirgate,andthey (51)___meabunchofflowers!
So,myfellowgifters,donot (52)___onyourrandomgiftsofkindness.Youmayneverknowjustwhatthis (53)___toothers,norhowmanybrokenor (54)___heartedpeopleyoumayjustchangewithasimpleactof (55)___.