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　　It was raining heavily on my way home the other day. With an umbrella in one hand, I was riding on a bicycle, moving ahead slowly. Suddenly another bike knocked me down and I slipped heavily onto the ground. Pains in the left leg were unbearable. The injury was so severe that I was told to stay at home for some rest for a few days.

　　Despite the pains, those days were happy days for me. I hadn't gotten much leisure time before. But now I could stay at home, read my favorite books, listen to some music and watch Hollywood movies. I finally discovered that life could be colorful, if we were kept from the frantic paces of modern life.