Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University. We were all a bit afraid of our landlord, a 1 middle-aged man. He gave us a lecture about paying the rent on time and 2 the house and appliance(家用电器).
But during the fall semester, my housemates and I held a party in our house. We drew a large crowd and had a great time. The last 3 left in the morning. 4 , we decided to sleep in and clean the house and yard the next morning.
We were 5 at about 7:00 a.m. by our landlord. We let him in and 6 to arouse his anger. 7 , he picked up a party invitation that had been laying on the sidewalk and asked, "Why didn't you girls invite me?" He 8 the house and spent a few minutes helping us pick up 9 from the yard. We were 10 that our landlord had been so understanding.
A few months later, I made a mathematical error while balancing my check book and my bank soon 11 me that I had my rent check returned. I was anxious when I knew that. I 12 the courage to call him and explained what had happened. He said, "It happens. Would you like to wait until next month and send a 13 payment then?" I've never forgotten our landlord's kindness and 14 .
He taught me an important lesson about not judging a book by its 15 . I'm proud to say that I have not bounced a check since then.
