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Getting out of my car one evening, I met my neighbor Theresa. “Mrs. Taylor is in _______again,” she said. I had last ______ Mrs. Taylor before Christmas when I took her a loaf of bread. Taylor and I had been neighbors for 17years. And she had a dog which greeted everyone, making people ______. We all loved him.

Most of my ______ with Mrs. Taylor were by accident— casual visits by the mailbox; quiet talks at the funeral home where we went to ______ a common friend.

After I moved here with our four ______ kids, the quiet neighborhood was gone. We had little in common with the mostly elderly people, ______ they welcomed us warmly. Over the years they ______ us quite a lot. They ______ our kids when our car was out of order, and fed the cat when we were away. We have enjoyed the comfort of living with these friendly people.

Robert Frost had a neighbor who ______ that “good fences make good neighbors”. However, Frost thought ______ . He believed there' s something “that doesn’t love a wall”. I ______ with him. I believe “something” he talked about lives inside of me, too.

I want to ______ the walls of loneliness that go up when I slip ______ into my garage for fear of disturbing some people. And I ______ to take the fastest route to my back porch(门廊). It's quicker than meandering (蜿蜒) through the yard. ______, it leaves little room for ______. But as a child, I would sit on the porch with my mother and wave to neighbors out for an evening walk or drive.

Mrs. Taylor didn't ______ her latest cancer. So again I walked into the funeral home to say good-bye to a neighbor. I remembered the barking dog and the chats by the mailbox. I was in _____ for the loss of her. Now there is a new family moving into Mrs. Taylor’s place. I see children’s toys in the yard. It’s time to take a(n) _____   around. I want to find the past experience.