12. Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night, I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 a.m. When I (1) , I found the building was dark except for a light on the ground floor.
I walked to the door and (2) . "Just a minute," answered a weak (3) . After a long time, the door opened. A small woman stood in front of me with a small suitcase on her side. I took the suitcase to the car first and then, helped the old woman (4) to the car.
She kept (5) me for my kindness. "Oh, you're such a good man," she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an (6) and asked, "Could you drive me through the city?"
For the next few hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked and the neighborhood (社区) where she had lived. Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a building and would stare into the darkness.
In the early morning, she suddenly said, "I'm (7) . Let's go now." We drove in silence to the place she wanted to go.
"How much do I need to (8) you?" she asked. "Nothing," I said.
"You have to (9) a living." "Oh, there are other passengers."
Without thinking, l gave her a hug. She held me tightly. "You have just given an old woman a little moment of (10) ."