It was a cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home   小题1:  the bus stop.

Home was only two blocks away   小题2: it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy fast asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road and, a few minutes later, I saw it  小题3: (pull) back and the driver looking directly at us.

A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you --- please take it.” He called out.

I stood there   小题4: (astonish), barely believing that the man,  小题5: existence was unknown to me only moments ago, could be so   小题6: (thought). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I gratefully accepted the offer,  小题7: (thank) him and watched the truck disappear down the road.

This man might have needed the umbrella for   小题8: later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me  小题9:  it’s possible to give without expecting anything   小题10: return.