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When I was ten, my mother worked all day, so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time, my little brother was about four years old and he ________ mum all the time.

One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, ________ his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he lost a shoe while he was ________, I took him off my back and put him ________. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford to buy new shoes. I had to go back to ________ it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just ________ I went away. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What will you do if he is not here when you return?” I didn’t know ________ to answer that question. He continued, “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your ________.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.

During my whole life I have received the ________ from many strangers. I feel sorry that I can’t find them and say “________”. I do not even remember what they looked like, but they taught me a lesson — people are more important than things.