38??for us ,we’d stopped to chat. I ? 39?Glen before his head hit the ground. He lay semiconscious (半昏迷的) in my ? 40? until the ambulance arrived .

　　I rode with Glen and his wife , Grace , to the hospital. Over the next few weeks , I cut his lawn.Glen

　　41? fully recovered. He could hardly walk.Within two years , he was dead. I had

　　42

　　for Grace .With nobody else to help ,I ’d been attending her lawn ? 43?. I liked to think someone would take care of my lawn for my ? 44? if anything like that happened to me .

　　But that didn’t make the promise any

　　45?. I needed to buy twice as much gas—not ? 46?. Besides, my old mower regularly 47?.Grace let me use Glen’s lawnmower and chipped in(凑钱) for

　　48 ?

　　, but eventually that mower also started going wrong. I admired the fancy new models ? 49?. “Light as a feather.” “Almost does the job itself.” But it was

　　50?me right now.

　　“Glen would do it for me,” I ? 51? myself as I walked to Grace’s 52?

　　.Maybe I just didn’t want to spend the post-Christmas day cutting grass with that terrible mower, 53 I wanted to let Grace down even less.

　　I opened the garage door.The old lawnmower was 54 ?. In its place sat the latest mower on the market.

　　55 to it ,a sign read, “Merry Christmas, Joe. Hope you like your new lawnmower. ” One gentle pull of the starter rope ,and it came to life. It was Christmas all over again.

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