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Until last year，the saddest thing of my life was that my wife Alice and I couldn't have any children．So we always（76）
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all the children in our street to our house for Christmas breakfast．
Last year，Alice died．I was very（77）
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and decided not to invite the children for Christmas breakfast．But Kathy and Pete，my next door（78）
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，asked me to join them for dinner（79）
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Christmas Eve．
As soon as I arrived and took off my coat，Kathy asked me，"Do you have any milk at your house？"
"Yes，"I（80）
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．"If you need some，I'll go and get it right away．"
"Oh，that's all right．Come and sit down．The kids have been（81）
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for you．Just give Peter your keys and let him do it．"
After a happy dinner with them，I went home．When I opened my door，I found my house had been decorated by Peter!It was（82）
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as beautiful as each Christmas before．At that moment，I wished that I could still serve the Christmas breakfast，but I had（83）
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no preparations （准备）．
Early the next morning，a little boy with a bag of candies（84）
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my bell．Before I could ask him what was happening，he was joining by two of his friends．Within fifteen minuets，my house was（85）
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of children，and I had all the food I needed for the usual Christmas breakfast．I had a happy breakfast with the children again．