More than 700 years ago，Scotland （苏格兰） was fighting with England．The king of England wanted to 1 Scotland．He had a strong army so it was2for the Scots to fight．They lost many times，King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army．

    One rainy day，King Robert lay in an old house．He thought that he was not good enough to be king．He was so3that he didn't even see a spider（蜘蛛）near him．He 4when he saw the spider climbing．It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the house but it fell down．

    "How sad"thought King Robert．"The spider is like me．It's not 5enough．"He watched while the spider climbed up again．It fell down a second time．

    "Be careful，little spider，or you might die，"he said．"Life is so hard．You'll never get back to your web．"But the spider 6again and again．King Robert watched while it 7climbed back to its web．After an hour，the spider got do the web．

    "You are such a great 8 ， "he said．"If you can keep trying．I can too．I must keep on fighting．I won't let the English win．"His 9grew strong and they 10the English army．Scotland was free．

    Nobody knows if this is a true story．Many parents tell it to their children because they want them to keep trying．

    Mona is a middle school student. 1Chinese name is Li Ying. She was born in America in 2005. She likes 2very much, so she joins the music club. She is also good at 3the piano. She4she wants to be a musician.

    Mona5in Shanghai with her parents now. "She spends（花费) 6time in studying all her7and the piano. She8at No. 1 Middle School in Shanghai. It is not far9her home to school, so she usually goes to school 10bike. She gets up at six o'clock every morning, and then she 11for an hour, 12she thinks it is good for her health. She is13late for school. In her free time, she usually 14at a TV station. She is a host(主持人) for a children's show. All children like to15her program(节目).

    At a dark night, a man came to a lonely village. When he walked slowly, a yellow light suddenly 1 at the end of the road. It came from a 2 which was carried by a man. A villager near him said," Here Blind Sun comes."

   "Blind?" the man said," That's too 3. A blind man has no idea of day and night, can't 4 the beauty of nature, or even doesn't know what the light is. Wasn't he funny to carry a lantern?"

    As the lantern was coming near, the yellow light moved gradually to the man. The man asked, "5, may I ask you whether you're really blind?"

    The blind man answered," Yes, the moment I stepped into the world, I can't see 6."

    The man asked," In that case, 7 do you carry a lantern?" The blind man smiled," At night all the people without light are just as blind 8 me, so I light a lantern."

    The man said," I see, you light for others."

    But the man said," No, I do it for 9."

    "For yourself? But there is no 10 to do that." the man felt surprised again.

    The blind man explained," Were you ever knocked by others 11 the dark?"

    The man nodded," yes, sometimes."

    The man said proudly," Believe it or not. I 12 knocked anyone. Although I'm blind, I carry the lantern, not only light for others, but let others see me, 13 they won't knock me."

    After hearing that, the man was lost in thought…

    In fact, everyone has a lamp in himself, light it actively not only for others, but also for yourself! – Never put yourself in a dark 14 when you feel left out and find it hard to 15 well with others, are you ready to light your lamp?

    We were going to play a match with a team from a country school. They didn't come 1the match nearly began. They looked 2than we thought. They wore dirty T-shirts and blue jeans and looked like farm boys. We thought they 3saw a basketball before. We felt that we didn't 4any practice to play with such a team. It was very late so they couldn't have any time to practice. The match began, one of our boys5the ball and he tried to give it to another one. But from out of nowhere a boy in a T-shirt6the ball and he quickly and beautifully got the ball into our basket and had two points. They7us. They had another two points in a minute. Soon it was all over. The country team8the match. Of course we knew that there was still another team9than any good team. But the important lesson we learn this time was: One can't tell a man or a team by the10.