I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father introduced me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is ___1

　　for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___2

　　than tomorrow morning.”

　　My stepmother walked over to me, ___3

　　my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are ___4

　　. This is not the worst boy at all, but the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”

　　That statement began a(n) ___5

　　between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___6

　　as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

　　She changed many things. She ___7

　　my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more ___8

　　and my brother and I could be better___9

　　.

　　When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand___10

　　and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I___11

　　it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her ___12

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