Last week, I talked with a mother of a young teenager in my class. She was telling me how ______ it was for her son at school, because he was always in an old school uniform that didn’t fit him. Since her husband and she both ______ their jobs, they couldn’t afford(买得起)a new one. She told me that she was slowly trying to buy a(n) ______ shirt, then trousers, then shoes.

I knew that she didn't want to ask for help. She ______ asked for anything from me. She was just telling me the honest truth. I went to the ______ to take out some money. Then I put it into her pocket and told her to just go and ______ the uniform, and not to tell anyone I did this but her husband.

I also made it clear to her that nothing was ______ ---- no payback. “It's a gift. Take it, and I can enjoy ______, and that is all I need right now. " I told her she was doing me a favor. She felt too ______ to speak and we hugged. I really just felt happy that her boy wouldn’t continue to be ______ for his old uniform. I know what that is like, and as a victim(受害者)of school bullying when young, I can say for sure it hurts for a long time. I felt so good to be able to do this!