Dear Mr. Lin, I left your class ten years ago, but I still remember the (11) you taught me about being honest, and I still remember your smile. At that time I was a slender boy who sat in the back row and said nothing. (12) You waited for me after school, and you never once blamed me. Today I study education at a university, and I aim to become a teacher too. (13), I will go back to the campus and thank you in person on Teacher's Day. I know you are busy, (14) I hope you can give me ten minutes.
Our class started a garden (15) on the empty ground behind the garage last season. Each group chose one plant and had to water it every morning before the first lesson, so we all got some fresh air. At first the work looked easy. (16) The ground was hard, and some plants died in the cold. Mr. Chen told us that nature does not follow our plan, and that a good gardener must wait. (17), we picked our first lemons in May. Everyone got an equal share, (18) the two students who had watered the plants every single day got one more.