once 1 a time, there 2 a little boy. his name was ben. on his first birthday, his parents 3 him a soft brown teddy bear. the little baby boy carried his teddy bear with him everywhere he went. at night he always got the teddy bear sleeping next to him.
ben grew up and got his 4 bedroom and a big bed to sleep in. he still 5 his teddy bear everywhere he went. he took the bear to zoos, parks, and 6 to school. the teddy bear was ben’s 7 toy.
ben 8 a 9 and he got more and more 10 in video games, and 11 out with his friends. he stopped taking his teddy bear with him, which 12 the bear a little 13 sad. still, he 14 put his teddy bear next to him in bed every night.
ben 15 from high school and 16 to go to a 17 in the big city. the boy was now a young man. he would come back home a 18 of times every year for just a 19 days. mom took all of ben’s toys and put them in a big box in the 20（阁楼） . but, the teddy bear was always special so mom 21 to put him on one of the empty shelves so that when ben was back home he 22 see his favorite bear. ben’s visits were too short and he spent most of his time with his old friends and family. he would go to bed late at night, and often 23 to put the bear in bed. the bear was so sad and missed the nice old days.
ben, now a young man, graduated from the university and got a job in the big city. he had his own place there and would only come home for a few hours on the weekends. some weekends the teddy bear would not even get to see his friend. the bear was so 24. many nights, the teddy bear would sit 25 crying in the 26. he always 27 that his best friend would come to take him to the big city, but it never happened.
28 ben got 29. after a year he and his 30 had a little baby boy of their own. they loved their baby and often 31 him over to his grandparents’ house.
one day ben remembered his favorite teddy bear and 33 that his own little baby would love to have it. he 32 to his old room, went 34 to the shelf and 35 his old friend, the teddy bear. the bear was 36!
when ben 37 his old bear to his baby boy to play with, the baby was so happy that he wouldn’t leave it alone for the rest of the day. this time ben took the teddy bear with him and his families. that night, and every night after that, the teddy bear got to sleep next to ben’s baby boy.
just like his father, the baby boy would take the teddy bear with him everywhere he went. the teddy bear was so happy. now he had a new family, and both his old friend and his new firend loved him very much.
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