A month ago my oldest daughter, Rachel, asked me how to make friends. She was 7 years old and a little shy. I told her the best way    __ (make) friends was to introduce herself when she met  someone  new. The question didn’t come up again, and I didn’t give it another _ (think).
Last weekend I took my two daughters to the lake a couple of blocks from our house. There are two parks which   ___ (be) located around the lake, and since it was a ______  (sun) day, we visited them both. There were lots of children _____  (play) happily. I was helping my youngest daughter, Sydney, down the slide when something caught _____  (I) attention. I got the warmest feeling __   I had ever had as I heard Rachel tell all the kids, “My name is Rachel, and I’m 7. What’s your name?” It worked ___  (well) than I had ever imagined, and before long she knew every kid’s name, ____  they were all playing tag—a kind of game. The little things in life can make ____ difference.