Had a new world war started? Pale­faced, our young science teacher quickly__17__us for a fire drill. We huddled (卷缩) in little groups on the beach side of the school grounds and__18__the spreading cloud darken the bright spring sky.

　　Rumors flew every which way，__19__two hours would pass before we got the full story. One rumor we heard was that the Texas City Monsanto Chemical plant had__20__； children whose parents__21__there began to cry.

　　I__22__—that was where my father was working that day.

　　The school bell called us back inside, and we were dismissed (解散) to__23__our way home the best way we could. I'd walked a quarter of the three­mile trip to my home__24__a car horn frightened me to__25__. My Uncle Barney__26__alongside me in his old Ford. The instant I saw him, I knew my father__27__. Otherwise, Papa would have__28__for me himself.

　　As if in slow motion from a great distance, Uncle Barney motioned for me to__29__. Numb with grief, I crawled into the back__30__. I barely took notice of the man sitting there, and didn't recognize him until he__31__me. When Papa put his strong arms around me, I forgot for a moment that Cherokees aren't supposed to__32__.

　　Many of my fellow students lost their__33__in the explosion. Tragedy would one day come to our__34__， as it inevitably (不可避免地) comes to all, but one day Texas City blew up, it miraculously (奇迹般地) passed us by. Because he lost his keys on that April morning, as he explained, my father lived for__35__32 years—we were to have a second lifetime forever.

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