Two Thanksgiving Day Gentleman
Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years the Old Gentleman had come to the park and found Stuffy Pete on his bench（长凳）． That was a thing that the Old Gentleman was trying to make a tradition of． Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years， he had found Stuffy there， and had led him to a
(1) and watched him eat a big dinner． The Old Gentleman was trying to make it a tradition．
But this year， the 10th Thanksgiving Day， Stuffy was not hungry， for he had just come from a big dinner， he ate so much that he had almost no power to move．
(2) he expected that gentleman would not come this year! However， he was scared to see the Old Gentleman coming．
The Old Gentleman was thin and tall， dressed all in black． He wore eye-glasses． His
(3) was white and thinner than it was last year． His legs did not seem as strong as they had seemed the year before， but he moved， straight and proud， so Stuffy and toward the tradition that
(4) was building．
"I am glad to see everything's fine with you． I can give thanks on this day of thanksgiving，（40）
______ you come with me， my man， I will provide you a dinner that will surely make your body feel as
(5) as your mind．" said the gentleman． The words themselves were almost a
(6) ， too．
Stuffy was very
(7) ， but he wouldn't refuse him， for this kind gentleman was always ready to help the poor on Thanksgiving Day though he was no long rich． It's gentleman's tradition． The Old Gentleman didn't want to
(8) his "promise" that he had kept for years．
The gentleman led Stuffy to the restaurant and to the same table where they had always gone．
He sat at the table，
(9) ．
The turkey and all the other food were gone almost as quickly as they appeared． Stuffy saw the look of happiness on the
(10) face． He continued to eat to keep it there．
In an hour the meal was finished．
"Thank you for your Thanksgiving dinner．" Stuffy stood up
(11) ． They said goodbye as they did each year
(12) the door．
Stuffy went around the first corner， stood for one minute， and fell． He was
(13) and taken to a hospital．
As hour later， the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital．
"That nice old gentleman over there．" a doctor was talking to another， "Do you know what's wrong with him？ A very proud old man， I think． He's almost dead for the need of food． He told me he hadn't
(14) anything for three days．"