Eric was terribly ill. He couldn’t move and had to spend all day in __1__. Because his friends were not allowed to go near him, he felt quite __2__. Every day he just looked out of the __3__， doing nothing at all. As time passed, Eric became more and more hopeless.    One day, however, he saw something very __4__ in the window. A panda was eating sandwiches there. Eric was very surprised. Before he could __5__ what had happened, he saw a monkey playing the violin. After a while, he saw more and more __6__ characters outside the window. This time he began to __7__ a lot and could hardly stop.    No one would stop laughing when they saw a pig playing a drum, or a dog __8__ a pair of glasses and acting like a teacher. Eric didn’t tell anyone about this __9__ he thought nobody would believe this. Anyway, those strange characters brought happiness back __10__ his heart. Soon he got well and was able to go back to __11__ again.    When class was over, Eric told his __12__ about all the strange things he had seen. While he was talking, he saw something coming out of Tom’s __13__. He wanted very much to know what it was, so he asked Tom __14__. Finally Tom had to __15__ him what was in the bag. There, inside, were all the fancy-dress(假面) toys that Tom had used to cheer him up!    And from that day on, Eric always did his best to make sure that no one was sad or lonely.(2011丽水)    语篇解读：本篇短文通过讲述汤姆默默帮助病重男孩艾瑞克树立生活的希望的故事，告诉大家没有人是孤单悲伤地。