Overnight，TFboys，a boy band consisting of three middle school students．Became the talk all over China．Founded last year，the oldest member of TFboys is only 14 But the number of their followers on Sina Weibo has reached 11 million．Their music videos are also getting millions of views online．

    Some say that TFboys has become popular only because of their pretty faces．But take a serious look at the three boys，and you may find out what has helped them will over so many people．

    Wang Junkai，14，from Chongqing

    What did you do when you were 8 years old? Wang had become a trainee at TF

Entertainment at that age，he still goes to school like other kids during weekdays．But his weekends were filled with training classes．He learned how to sing and dance. He had to do the splits(劈叉)again and again．Many boys couldn't stand it and quit，but Wang didn't give up．Before he finally became a TFboy, the tough guy has been practicing for five years．

    Wang Yuan，13，from Chongqing

Fans like to call Wan 9“Er Yuan” because he is a funny guy who's always telling dry jokes．But when he starts to sin9，you'd be thrilled by his clear voice and high pitch(高音)．The cheerful boy lives a simple life．He doesn't like to compare himself with others．His mobile phone cost only 300 yuan．He's a big fan of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf．He has watched every Pleasant Goat movie at the cinema．

    Yiyang Qianxi，13，from Hunan

Yiyang is the shortest of the three boys，but he definitely has the most splendid resume(履历)．He is a top student．He is an excellent dancer．He takes part in TV shows．He has played different roles in many movies．He is even good at calligraphy(书法)． When other teenagers show off their new clothes on Weib0，Yiyang displays his calligraphy work．How can he be good at so many things? “I'd practice dancing while others were chatting，”he said．

    John is five years old now. He is a good boy. He is very clever and can read very well. But he can't tell the right time by clock. He doesn't say eight o'clock in the morning, twelve o'clock or four o'clock in the afternoon. He always says "breakfast time" for eight o'clock, "lunch time" for twelve o'clock and "tea-time" for four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother wants to teach him to know the time by clock.

    "Can you count, John?" his mother asks him. "Yes. Let me count for you. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve..." "That's good, John. Now let me tell you to say the time. Now, look! I put the long hand on twelve and the short hand on one. That is one o'clock. If I put the short on two, that's two o'clock. Do you know?"

    "Yes, I do." John tells his mother. "Good. If I put the short hand on four, what's that?" his mother asks and really puts the short one on four. "Tea-time, Mum. And I am hungry."

    I'm going to have a great weekend. I'll go across Canada with my parents by car. We'll drive seven or eight hours a day.

    In Toronto, we'll stay in a big hotel. The food is very delicious. There's a big swimming pool and a lot of game rooms. I think I'll play there happily. But there will be lots of people in the hotel, so I think we'll sleep in one room. And it's expensive.

    Then we are going to stay in a small cabin(小木屋) in the mountains. I really love it. The cabin is clean and quiet. We'll have two rooms, so I can get up late in the morning. But we have to get up early because we want to go swimming. There is a beautiful lake near the cabin. We can go fishing and cook food outside.

    One morning, I was driving my father-in-law to the airport when a plane flew silently over the road like a big bird, about to touch down at the airport.

    "It's magic," my father-in-law said. I looked at him, without knowing what was happening.

    He was a doctor who gave speeches at colleges and had visited more than 100 countries. He understood better than I why a plane can fly in the sky. It, really, wasn't magic. But now, I realize he was at least right in some way.

    Though flying might not be magic, it's certainly magical. What it brings to our real lives is something found in our dreams.

    But too often, we, especially I forget. I read a sentence a few months ago. It said, "You know you're growing-up when you no longer want a window seat."

    Too often in recent years, I've asked for a seat near the exit row, forgetting the wonders of traveling fast. But sometimes, when the Wi-Fi's not working or my computer has no power, I remember to look.

    I think of one time when I was leaving on a family vacation. Moments after take-off, I started working. But a passenger behind me wouldn't stop talking. "The clouds!" he kept saying, "Look at the clouds!"

I turned around, and saw two men, one who appeared to be in his seventies and the other much younger. The chat continued for 20 minutes until, not patiently, I raised my eyes from my computer screen and looked out of the window.

    The clouds!

    He was right. We were floating through big soft balls of cotton, each in different shapes. They seemed easy enough to touch. The afternoon sun provided all kinds of colors, all against a blue sky. I put away my computer and appreciated(欣赏)them for the rest of the flight.

    I don't remember the work I felt like I had to complete that afternoon. I've never forgotten those clouds.

    We spoke to three students from around the world about different national holidays. There are different customs for each festival.

    Tan Xiaodong,15, Hong Kong, China

    "It'll soon be the Chinese New Year. Before it, we'll clean the house and decorate it for good luck. Every shop is going to close for a few days and we'll go out a lot to celebrate on the streets. We might go and see the lion and dragon dances in the city center. I love this festival."

    Wendy, 16, Sydney, Australia

    "Australia Day is on 26th January and it's an important holiday here. We always have a Monday off, so we celebrate for three days. My parents and I go to the countryside for a picnic and friends always come over. Many people go to beach parties or street parties and there's lots of music and dancing. What fun!"

    Amy, 14, New York, the US

    "The first Thanksgiving was celebrated hundreds of years ago when Europeans who came to America thanked God for his help. It's still a very important day for family members to be together. This year we're going to visit my grandparents and we'll eat a delicious meal of turkey. Thanksgiving is on the 4th Thursday in November every year."