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The Thanksgiving Day____1____ (come) ;a school teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a
picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children___2___poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. But she knew that __3__0f them would draw pictures of turkeys or
tables with food. The teacher was surprised___4___the picture Douglas handed in-a smile childishly drawn hand.
But___5___ hand? The class was puzzled by the abstract image. "I think it ___6___ be the hand of
God that brings us food," said one child. " ___7___ farmer." said another, " because he grows the
turkeys. " Finally when the others were at work , the teacher bent over Douglas' desk and asked whose
hand it was. "It's 8 hand, Teacher, " he answered.
She recalled that frequently after class she had taken Douglas , a short lonely child by the __9 . She
often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone's
Thanksgiving,not for the material things 10 ( give) to us but for the chance,in whatever small way , to
give to others.
