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    When I was told that my family decided to move from the only home that I had ever known, I ran into the garden and sat alone, crying, as tears welled up from my hearts.

    Suddenly I felt a hand rest on my shoulder. It was my grandfather.

    "It isn't easy, is it, Billy?" he said softly, sitting down on the steps beside me.

    "Grandpa," replied through my tar, "how can I ever say good bye to you and al my friends?"

    "Goodbye is such a sad word," he said. "Although we seem to have so many ways of saying goodbye, they all have one thing in common: sadness."

    Then he gently took my hand in his and took me to his favorite place in the garden, where a huge red rosebush pew alone.

    "What do you see nerve, Billy?" He asked.

    I looked at the flowers, "I see something soft and beautiful, Grandpa."

    Kneeling, he pulled me close. "It isn't just the roses that are beautiful. Billy, it's that special place in your heart that makes them so."

    I saw my grandfather's tears. I had never seen him cry before.

    "I planted these roses a long, long time ago. I put them into the ground the day my first son was born. That boy's name was Billy, just like yours. I used to watch him pick roses for his mother. One day a terrible war came, and my son went away to fight for the country. Three months later a letter came. My son had died in some village in Italy. All I could think of was that the last thing I said to him in his life was goodbye. "

    Grandpa slowly stood up. "Don't ever say goodbye, Billy. Don't ever give in to the sadness and the loneliness of that word. I want you to remember the happiness of those times when you first said hello to a friend. Take that Special hello into your heart When you and your friends must part, I want you to reach deep within your and bring back that first hello. "

    A year and a half later, my grandfather became badly ill. When he returned from several weeks in the hospital, the family was summoned* was time for the family members to say their goodbyes.

    When it came to my turn, I noted how tired he looked. His eyes were closed, and his breathing was slow and hard.

    I took his hand as gently as he had once taken mine. "Hello, Grandpa," I said. His eyes slowly opened. "Hello, my friend" he said, with a smile.

    1. (1) Why didn't the writer want to move from his old house?
      A . Because it's hard for him to live in a new place. B . Because it's the only louse that he had ever know. C . Because he didn't want to say goodbye to his friends. D . Because there was a beautiful rosebush in his old house.
    2. (2) For grandpa, the rosebush in the garden was beautiful for __________.
      A . it grew very well under his great care B . grandpa planted it himself many years ago C . grandpa used to pick roses in the rosebush D . there is a special story behind the rosebush
    3. (3) What's the best title for the passage?
      A . My Sad Times B . Never Give up C . My Dear Grandpa D . Never Say Goodbye
    4. (4) At the end of the story, why did grandpa say hello to the writer with a smile?

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