填空题
On a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a fide across the fiver. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn"t ask for any help. The wait seemed
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(end). Then came another rider, the old man
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(catch) his eye and said, "Sir, would you mind doing me a favor?" Stopping his horse, he replied, "Of course." Almost
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(freeze), the old man could not get
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the ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river,
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to his home. "Sir, you didn"t even ask the other riders for help, why? What
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I had said "no" and left you there?" the horseman asked. The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, "I looked into their eyes. I found they didn"t care,
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told me it would be useless, but when I looked into
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, I saw kindness." These words touched the rider deeply. "Thank you for
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you"ve said. I hope I will never be too busy to help others." With that, Thomas Jefferson, the
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(three) president of the US, turned his horse around and went away.