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The first day of school, a new classmate touched my shoulder, “Hi, handsome! I’m Rose. I am 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?” I turned around and found a(n) ______ lady with a warm smile. I said heartily: “Of course!”

“______ are you in college at such an age?” I asked.

She joked, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get ______, have children, and then travel around.”

“No seriously,” I asked.

“I always ______ of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

Over the year, Rose became an icon（偶像） and she easily made friends. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the ______ of the others. At the end of the term, we invited Rose to our football party. I’ll never forget what she said.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. Here are the ______ to staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you ______ your dreams, you die! There’s a huge difference ______ growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. But ______ requires finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets.”

One week after graduation that year, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too ______ to be all you can possibly be.