A man was visiting a rich person's house. As he went along, he saw a box of apples on the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples. The rich man will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away in the dust(尘土).

    He went on and came to a river. The river had gotten so high, and he could not get through it. He waited for some time and said," I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."

    He started to go home. He had eaten no food that day. And he was very hungry. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

    Do not throw good things away. You might be happy to have them later.

    7-year-old Tom likes cartoons very much. When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they're over. Sometimes he waits for a long time and goes to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he'll be late for school.

    Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but he didn't see the programme on it. He had to have breakfast and then go to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking lunch in the kitchen. He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn't find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother for help.

    "It's only ten to twelve now," said the woman," your programme will start after dinner." "Well, let's have dinner right now!"

It was getting dark. Dad said he would 1  by 5:30 pm, but it was almost 7:00 pm. Even if Dad got home, it wouldn't be much fun playing 2  in the dark. Paul tried to do some homework, 3  he couldn't. The phone rang at about 8:00 pm. It was Dad. " Paul, I'm 4 , but I couldn't play baseball with you tonight. "

Paul couldn't understand why Dad was so 5 . 

The next day, Paul didn't hand in his homework and didn't 6  a test. " Paul, this isn't like 7 , "his teacher Mrs Green said. 

Paul just sat there 8 . "Paul, I know that something is worrying you. You need to tell someone, "Mrs Green said. 

9  Paul walked home, he thought of what Mrs Green said. Maybe he should tell his dad that he wanted to get his 10 . 

Paul 11  his dad when he got home. Then it went to voicemail(语音信箱). Paul began talking, "Dad, I've got lots of problems with my 12 . Whenever you don't 13  promises, Dad, it hurts me. However, it's not too late to rebuild our relationship. Dad, I love you. "

As Paul ended the call, he felt much 14 . He didn't know whether his dad would be different, but he himself 15 . He expressed(表达) his feelings to the right person. 

"It's hard to say this, but I'll have to leave school in a few weeks' time, " said Mr. Thomas, standing at the front of the classroom. 

It was early on Monday morning and Mr. Thomas' students were surprised at the news. All of them loved Mr. Thomas very much and they never thought that he might leave. However, Mr. Thomas reached the age when he was going to retire. After hearing the news, the class kept gloomy for the next few days until the class monitor gave them a small scolding (训斥). 

"We should not be like this, "she said. "Instead, we should study hard to thank Mr. Thomas for being so good to us. " The class agreed, and they thought of an idea of having a farewell (送别) party for Mr. Thomas to surprise him. 

On Mr. Thomas' last day at school, everybody brought a different kind of delicious finger food to class and put it in the middle of the classroom. They covered the blackboard with farewell messages. When Mr. Thomas showed up, all the students said "Goodbye, dear teacher!" together and promised Mr. Thomas that they would do their best in schoolwork in the future. 

Mr. Thomas was really surprised. And he was really touched. The class, in turn, was glad that they did the right thing. After all, it was the simplest way to show thanks to their favorite teacher. 

Dear Lisa, 

 Today is a big day. We have a new family member. Her name is Amy. She is my little sister. 

 There are four people in my family now. My parents Shelly and Robert are very happy. My dad saysI am a big brother now. But what is a big brother?

I ask my mom about it. She says, "A big brother is like a good friend. You talk and play with her. In summer, you buy ice-cream and eat it with her. In winter, you play with her in the snow. You take care of her. "

 It sounds interesting. And I am very happy to have a sister. I want to be a good big brother! And now you have two cousins. Do you want to come and see my sister?

 Love, 

 Joseph

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