Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
    "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
    Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
    The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."
    The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."

    A boy was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before being sent away, this boy was the 1 student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But the boy changed after2 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started dropping. He   3 being in a group. He was lonely all the time because he felt no one loved him.
    His 4 started worrying about the boy. But they did not know 5 was wrong with him. So his dad 6 to travel to the boarding school and 7with him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started 8 him casual(随便的) questions about his classes, teachers and sports. 9some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”
The boy answered back, “To check my 10?”
    “No, no,” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for 11. I want to see you 12. I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”
    These words caused the boy's eyes to fill with tears. He hugged(拥抱) his dad. They didn't say13 to each other for a long time.
Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him 14. And today this young man is in college at the 15 of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!