Martina looked out of the window. A robin was singing a lively song in the tree. At this time, Grandpa, who lived with the family since Grandma had died, came in. He looked at the floor as if looking for something. He said, "When the robin sings..." he stopped, trying to remember what he had started to say.

    "Spring is here," Mum finished the sentence. "And I'm thinking of our spring cleaning," Mum suggested. "Martina, you can help me, right?" Martina agreed unwillingly.

    They cleaned the house. They cleaned upstairs, downstairs, inside, outside, until everything was clean. Then Mum pointed to Grandpa's sofa and shouted. "That old sofa has got to go. We'll buy Grandpa a new one."

    It was true and Martina had to agree. The sofa was really old. As they tried to move the sofa, Grandpa stood in their way. "You can't take my sofa," he shouted.

    "It's old," Mum said. Grandpa tried to push his sofa back into place. "We'll buy you a new one," Mum promised.

    "I don't want a new one," Grandpa insisted. Mum let go of the sofa. "We'll talk about it tonight when John gets home." John, Martina's dad, was still at work.

    "Why don't you let us take away the sofa? It's too old!" Martina asked when the family were having supper. Grandpa shook his head and said, "I sat in this sofa, with your grandma right here, when I asked her to marry me. It was so long ago, but when I sit in this sofa and close my eyes I feel she is near."

    "It's amazing," Martina thought, "how Grandpa can remember things from the past. These days he forgets almost everything."

    The old man smiled to Martina and went on. "And the night your father was born, I sat in this sofa. I was nervous when they placed the little baby into my arms."

    "I think I'm beginning to understand," Martina said. "Many years later," Grandpa continued, "I sat in this sofa when the doctor called and told me that your grandma was ill. I was lost without her, but the sofa gave me the comfort."

    "I do see now," Martina looked at Grandpa. "This is not just an old sofa. This sofa is more like a friend." "Yes," Grandpa added. "We've got through a lot together." The whole family agreed that the living room would be boring without the old sofa.

    It's a Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Black goes to a dinner party. She is in an old jacket. When she comes into the party room, no one says hello to her. They don't ask her to have dinner. Mrs. Black is not happy.

    Then Mrs. Black goes home. She puts on her nice clothes. And she comes back to the party. All of people say hello to her and they ask her to have dinner. Is she happy now?

    Mrs. Black says, "You like my clothes, not me." Then she gets her clothes some food.

    "Eat, clothes," Mrs. Black says, "they like you, not me!"

    Then she doesn't have the dinner and goes back home.

Long time ago, there was a king(国王) in England. He was kind but too lazy(懒惰) . He would do1 except(除了) eating and sleeping. Soon he became 2 and heavy. Later, he couldn't even move his body. He thought he was ill.3 no doctors in his country could help him. 

One day, an4 man heard about the king's story. He wanted to give him a 5 . The king decided to let him try. 

The old man lived far away. He said to the king, "I'll try6 best to help you. You need to come to me for treatment(治疗) tomorrow. But you have to walk here." " Certainly, kind man. I'll do so, " the king answered(答复，回答). 

The next day the king went to the man's house early. After he arrived, the king found only the man's7 was at home. The son told the 8 to come the next day. He came every day for two weeks, but he 9 saw the old man.10 the king became angry, he found he became light. He realized(明白) why the old man asked him to walk far. 

Walking can exercise people's body. It's easy and doesn't cost money.

"Poor Grandma! Is there any way to make her feel better?" Amy said to her brother Mark.

There was something wrong with Grandma's legs. She loved to work in her garden，so she would not enjoy sitting in her chair waiting for her legs to heal(康复) themselves.

"I have an idea, " said Mark. "I saw some pictures of terrariums(玻璃箱) in a magazine. Terrariums are little gardens. Let's make a terrarium for Grandma to make her happy. " Amy thought it was a great idea, so they found the magazine with the ways of making a terrarium and showed it to their mom. She thought that a terrarium would be a great gift for Grandma.

With the help of Mom, Amy and Mark found a large and clean glass bottle. Mark then placed two plants and put the soil(土壤) over their roots(根). Then Amy placed some colorful rocks(岩石) around the plants. Finally, they watered the plants.

When Amy and Mark showed Grandma her new terrarium, her eyes were wet. Now she has a beautiful little garden to enjoy in her house.