Long long ago, there was a spider. She found a beautiful farm. She liked the farm and decided to live there forever.

      One day, the spider caught a little bug. When the spider ate it, the bug said, “If you let me go, I will tell you an important thing. The thing will save your life.” The spider stopped and listened.

      The little bug said, “You'd better get out of the farm. The harvest is coming! If you stay here, you will be killed by the farmer's machine.”

      But the spider didn't listen to the bug and ate it for lunch. The next day when she was sleeping, the farmer came to have a harvest. The spider was killed by the machine.

    Mrs. Brown was very fat. Her husband(丈夫) thought she should go on a diet, and he made her not eat meat or cakes.

    One morning, Mrs. Brown made a nice cake for her husband, and he ate half (一半) of it. After he went out, Mrs. Brown cut a very small piece of the cake and ate it. It was very delicious. Then she cut a bigger piece and ate it, too. In a few minutes she ate up the cake. “My husband is going to be very angry, ” she thought. “What should I do？” She made another cake very quickly, ate half of it, and put the other half on the table. Mr. Brown came back later. When he saw the half of the cake on the table, he was very happy.

    Do you like music? Probably. But do you like all kinds of music? Want to say no? Well, before answering this q{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, you'd better have a good understanding of what music is. A music teacher wanted to tell his students the difference b{#blank#}2{#/blank#} music and noise (噪音). He brought many wooden blocks (大 块) of different sizes to class. The students were very s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} to see him throw the blocks at the wall. Everyone thought it was noise. He then took the same blocks and threw them at the wall a{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. This time, however, he threw them in a special order (次序). The students quickly found it was a tune (曲 子). "So," asked the teacher, "what is music?" The answer is that it's organized noise.

 Nick can't find his watch. It is blue. The watch is from his uncle Tom.

 Nick makes a telephone call to his father. He says," Dad, I can't find my watch. Do you know where it is?" Mr. Smith says," No, I don't. Is it on your desk?"" No, it's not on the desk."

 Nick calls his mother at 879-9904. He asks," Mom, do you know where my watch is?" Mrs. Smith says," Oh, I think it's in your room." But Nick's room isn't tidy. He doesn't want to look for it everywhere. Nick puts down the telephone and sits on the sofa. And just when he wants to call his uncle at 879-0994, his brother Rick says," Nick, I …"

Nick says," Rick, I am busy now."

" Yeah? Busy looking for your watch? It's on my wrist (手腕) ," says Rick.

One day, Carol received a package. There was a letter and a 1 seed(种子) from her uncle. The letter said,

Dear Carol,

This is a magic sunflower seed for you.2 it, and it will grant(满足) your three wishes. Remember to be patient-一 the world has its own rhythm(节奏).

Carol thought, "A magic seed? It is probably my uncle' s3 , but why don' t I have a try? She then planted the seed in her garden and made her first wish, "4 I wish that the sunflower could grow as big as a mountain!"

The next morning, she was very 5 to see a huge sunflower in the garden. She couldn't believe it. "I must 6 my uncle for help!" But her uncle didn't pick up the phone. She became angry. "This is a silly sunflower. I don't want it!"

Immediately the sunflower became a seed again. Carol 7 her second wish had been granted. "No! This is not fun!" she cried.

A few days later, she received another her uncle's 8 and read it again. She stopped when she saw the words "be patient". Then she rushed out and 9 ran to the garden to find the seed. This time, she promised she would make the best use of the third wish.

She thought, "I hope my 10 could spend more time together." But her parents needed to work. How could the seed help? Though it seemed impossible, she still decided to11 with patience.

Carol got some information about how to plant a sunflower, and then12 the steps carefully. When the seed turned into a beautiful flower, she shared it with her neighbors and friends. Everyone liked it!

Carol's family got the seeds 13 the sunflower and planted more sunflowers. They were so beautiful that every neighbor bought some. The sunflowers brought extra money14 Carol's parents didn't have to be away for work as much as the before. They had more family time.

Carol finally knew what her uncle meant - - - be patient, and life will be as15 as a sunflower!