I was 15 when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at

I was 15 when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at  21  on the shelves，the man behind the counter，the shop owner, asked if I'd like  22  .I needed to start preparing for college， 23   I said yes. I worked after school and during the summer for the lowest wages，and the job helped pay for my freshman year of   24  . I would work many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students Union during college; I was a hotel maid and   25  made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most   26  .

       One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful . I showed her almost everything we had at that time   27  and found other books we could order. She left the store less 28       . I’ve always remembered the  29  I felt in having helped her.

       Years later，as a   30  in Los Angeles，I heard about an immigrant child who was  31   with his thumb attached, weblike, to the other fingers. His family could not afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in 32        ，hiding his hand in his pocket.

I      33    my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast，a doctor and a nurse called，offering to perform the  34   for free.

       I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his       35  hand and say; "Thank you." I felt a sense of   36          .

       In the past，37   I was at McCauley’s Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers，not he store. Today it’s the   38   . NBC :News pays: my salary, and I   39  as if I work for the viewers, helping them make  40  of the world.

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