When my brother and I were children, we spent a few weeks each summer in the countryside with our uncle. He was a geologist and loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his collection at the university. More often than not, we followed him.

    One day, we left early and this time, our uncle gave us two backpacks. "You can help me carry the samples（样本）," he explained.

    Sure, why not? The whole day, we walked around the countryside, and every now and then, our uncle put stones in our bags. We were a bit surprised that sometimes he also took some stones out from our bags, but thought he had just found better samples.

    We reached the house in the late afternoon. The backpacks were so heavy that we were really tired out when we put them on the ground. Yet our uncle's backpack was half-empty.

    "Why did you give us so many stones?" we asked. "I didn't. You did, "he said, waiting for a while before continuing." You did not know it, but I made you go through a little attitude（态度） test today."

    "What do you mean an attitude test?" we wanted to know.

    "It is something someone once did to me. You see, I listened to every word you said. And whenever you complained（抱怨） about anyone or anything, I added a stone to your bags. And whenever you talked about something in an attitude of positive thinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks." We did. They were full. "I hope you remember this little attitude test. You see, your negative（负面的） thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind is. So look at those bags and start paying attention to what you say and how you say things."

    This little lesson was one of the most important I ever had. And I remember my uncle with great love for teaching us one of the most important lessons in life-the power of attitude.

    My father is tall and has short, gray(灰白的) hair. He wears glasses with heavy, black frames（框架）. But I just see a picture of him from 1968. What a surprise! In the picture, he's 15 years old. He's short and he has glasses with small, round frames. He has long, yellow hair and it's really straight. He's wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt with the word "Love". I'm 15 years old now. I'm medium height and I have short hair. My hair isn't yellow, it's blue. My dad thinks it's strange(奇怪的), but my friends think it's great. I wear glasses, but my glasses have bright red frames. They're so cool! I have an earring(耳环) in one ear, too. Dad really can't understand(明白) that, I never wear blue jeans. I like big, baggy(松的) pants and long T-shirts. Most of my T-shirts have pictures of my favorite rock bands(摇滚乐队) on them.

"Just because you can't see something, that doesn't mean it's not there." This old saying is quite meaningful for British artist Willard Green. The items he creates are so tiny that most of them fit on the head of a pin (针). You can see them clearly through a microscope (显微镜).

At every one of his art shows, people always ask the same question, "▲"

The answer is "Very, very carefully." So carefully, in fact, that he actually slows his breath down and works in between breaths. Willard usually works patiently under a microscope using special tools that he creates. To paint his works, he uses the hair from a fly(苍蝇) as a paintbrush.

Creating these detailed works is a very long and difficult process, and it isn't always enjoyable. "It is a terrible dream when I start but a nice dream when I finish," he says. A single item can take at least several weeks to complete.

People have asked Willard why he chose to do something that needed effort and took time. When he was young, Willard was not a strong student. He had difficulty in reading and spelling words. Some kids used to call him a loser. This made him feel small, so working on little things helped him to feel big. The smaller his work got, the bigger he felt. A newspaper reporter said, "Though his works of art are small, Willard is a great artist!"

My husband and I bought a house when we were in our fifties. One of the1 we bought it was thatit was so amazing. It had a big Japanese red pine（松树）, which looked2 in our front yard. For 20years, it was a beauty to all who3 . Animals liked to climb it and play there. Beside it was my smallgarden of4 and bushes that I'd planted. 

Early last year, a heavy snowfall hit our city.5 we were enjoying a quiet Saturday morning, thehouse shook and we heard a loud sound. The tree had6 , destroying most of the bushes and roses in thegarden. We called some workers to take the tree away. After a week, the yard was7 a mess with woodshaving（刨花）and holes everywhere. 

In March, I bought a few bush and rose seedlings（幼苗）to8 those that I thought hadn't lived. But in May, plenty of new flowers were growing in the yard! My old bushes and roses grew back and werehealthier than ever before! Our yard turned9 a beautiful garden. And this summer, one year later, allof the plants are three times bigger than they were before. 

Life might be10 for you at the moment, but you never know what the future holds. It might just bemuch brighter. 

Wilbur the pig woke up and looked for Charlotte the spider. Wilbur wanted to thank Charlotte for her help yesterday. He found her sitting in the corner. An egg sac(卵囊)was next to her on the web. 

"What is that thing next to you, Charlotte?"

Charlotte looked very proud of herself and said "I made it myself. This egg sac is the best work I have ever made. "

Wilbur had to agree that it was truly beautiful, but he still did not know what was on the inside. Charlotte told him that there were five hundred and fourteen eggs in the sac. Wilbur could not believe his ears. Charlotte said she was not kidding because she counted it herself. 

Wilbur saw Charlotte was not in the mood and asked, "It is really pretty, but why are you sad?"

"I an just sad that I will not see my children come out of their eggs next spring, " Charlotte said in a soft voice. "I just have a feeling that I will not be around to see that happen. I'm feeling my age. I'm not young anymore, Wilbur. But I don't want you to worry about me. This is your big day today. Look at the web I made. Doesn't it show up well with the dew(露水)on it?"

Wilbur was surprised that although Charlotte needed to make the egg sac, she still made the web for him while she was aging fast. Charlotte's web never looked more beautiful than it looked this morning. 

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