A. It's on December 4th.

B. Yes, it is.

C. When is the singing contest?

D. When is Miss Chen's birthday?

E. It's on November 2nd.

    Hello, I am Franklin. I come from the UK. But I am a Chinese boy. I am eleven years old. I have a sister. Her name is Sarah. She's nine years old. We're in the same school. But we're in different grades. At school, we study Chinese, math, English, PE, art and so on. Our teachers are nice. My mother is in China. My father is in the UK. I love my family very much.

    There is a tall tree in front of my house. I love it very much. When spring comes, the thick leaves make the tree beautiful and lively. And in summer, my parents and I often sit under the big tree and enjoy the cool air.

    But when autumn comes, the leaves will tum yellow, and fall from the tree. And then, it stands there in the cold wind alone. I am sad, too.

    Mother tells me the tree will grow bigger and taller in the coming spring. I feel happy again.

    There are many mice in a house. The man of the house gets a cat. The cat kills many of the mice. The oldest mouse says, "All the mice must come to my room and we will think what we can do about this cat."

All the mice come. Many mice speak, but none knows what to do. At last a young mouse stands up and says, "We must put a bell on that cat. Then the cat will not catch any more mice." Then the old mouse asks, "Who will put the bell on the cat?" No mouse answers. At last he says, "It is easy to say things, but it is hard to do them."

    Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18th century. Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money. He often played for 24 hours, and didn't even stop to have his meals. He asked his servants to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand. People liked Sandwich's way. From then, people ate bread and meat as Sandwich did. From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food sandwich today.