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     It was a very cold evening,an old man was waiting for a ride across the river.He saw several

horsemen pass by but he didn't ask for any help.The wait seemed __1__(end)．Then came

another rider,the old man __2__(catch)his eye and said,"Sir,would you mind doing me a

favor?"

     Stopping his horse,he replied,"Of course."Almost __3__(freeze),the old man could not

get __4__ the ground.The horseman helped him onto his horse.He took the old man not just

across the river,__5__ to his home.

     "Sir,you didn't even ask the other riders for help,why?What __6__ I had said 'no'

and left you there?" the horseman asked.

      The old man looked at him straight in the eye and said,"I looked into their eyes,and I

found they didn't care,__7__ told me it would be useless,but when I looked into __8__,

I saw kindness."

     These words touched the rider deeply."Thank you for __9__ you've said.I hope I will

never be too busy to help others."With that,Thomas Jefferson,the __10__(three)president

of the US,turned his horse around and went away.