Last Sunday, our family went to a nice restaurant. The meal was 1 and we all had a good time just being together. When the waitress 2 the check I looked down at it. The gift card (代金券) covered almost all of it. I reached into my wallet to get enough cash to cover the rest. I saw two 3 in the front of it. The first would cover the rest of the bill and give the 4 a nice tip. The second bill was much larger so I reached down to 5 the first one.
At that moment my 6 flashed back to 30 years before. I was working in a restaurant. It was long hours of hard work for low 7 . I went home just barely making enough to feed my young family. I also 8 how more than once I saw the waitresses 9 about how they were going to pay the rent and buy their kids the things they needed. I saw the 10 in their eyes and the sadness in their faces at the end of the day.
I was back in the present 11 my fingers touching the smaller bill in my 12 . I smiled, pushed it back down, and 13 the much larger bill. I 14 it around the gift card (代金券) and covered both of them with the 15 . As we all got up from the table I 16 them to the hard working waitress. "You keep the 17 ", I said with a smile and a 18 heart.
We are all one family in this world. We live together, rejoice (庆祝) together, and suffer together. Do your best to be 19 then. Do your best to be a good person. Do your best to replace the 20 with joy.
