Friends are actually around us.
Jack is 1 14 year old boy. He lives in New York. Last autumn，he visited an old people's home. There he 2 an old woman named Hildegard. Jack introduced himself to her，but she said 3 . The workers there said that she had no family in New York and didn't talk to anyone at the old people's home.
Jack can speak German. Hildegard's name sounds like a German name， 4 he said it in German. Hearing that，Hildegard's face lighted up. They started 5 . She opened up and told Jack her life story 6 . They became good friends.
After that visit，7 Jack has time，he and his family visit Hildegard . She is now a part of8 family. Not long ago，Jack and his family celebrated（庆祝） Hildegard's 94 birthday at the old people's home.
"I don't have 9 visitors and I have no family members left. What they do for me is very10 and heart﹣warming，"said Hildegard.
