One morning, a poor older man finds a brand new sports car instead of his old one when he steps out of his house. 80-year-old Gregory Smith stood on his front porch, ___1___. He pinched (拧) himself twice to ___2___ he wasn’t dreaming and called out to his wife, Cynthia, as he stared at the ___3___ of the envelope in his hand and then at the sports car in front of his house.
“Cynthia! Cynthia! Come here quickly!” he shouted, his hands ___4___ with anxiety at the sight of the new car and his old one gone. “What’s the matter with you, Gregory?” Cynthia came from ___5___, drying her hands on a towel and frowning. “I ___6___ the pancake because of you! If you don’t know, we were ___7___ our last packet of pancake mix! Why are you just standing here instead of going to the grocery store?”
“Look at this, Cynthia,” Gregory said, showing her the ___8___ he had found on their front porch. “There were car keys inside the envelope and our old car is ___9___ ! Look over there,” he added, pointing outdoors ___10___ he had parked his old car last night. “That’s a brand new car! And there’s no ___11___ inside or anything ___12___ who sent this. Who could have done this? ” Cynthia asked, confused. Gregory said, “I had carefully ___13___ the envelope. There is none! What do we—”
Before Gregory could finish his sentence, the honk (喇叭声) of a car cut him ___14___. When he looked out of the front door, he saw his old car ___15___ in front of his house and a man stepping out of it. Gregory burst into ___16___ when he saw who the man was. “It was he that kept his ___17___, Cynthia!” he said, turning to face her. Cynthia was smiling as if she knew this was going to ___18___.
The man gave Gregory a warm ___19___. Gregory cried happily, knowing he was ___20___ rewarded for the kindness he showed to a stranger.
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