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    Smiling is the best way of making friends.

    When I was thirteen 1 old, my father found a job in the city. So my family moved there. I also came to a 2 school near where we live. My old school was far away. At first, I did not know anyone in my class. I was very lonely 3 I was afraid to make friends with my classmates. I 4 talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents to 5 me.

    Then one day, something good happened. I was sitting at my desk 6 as usual while my classmates were talking happily with each other. At that moment, 7 came into the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked 8 me and, without a word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt happy, lively and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other classmates and made friends. Day by day, I became 9 to everyone in my class.

    10 the smile, I have moved on to a new life. Now, I believe that the world is what you think it is. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

    When I was in Grade Three, I was chosen to play the lead role in the school play.

    For weeks my mother helped me1my lines (台词), but once on stage, every word disappeared2my head. Then my teacher asked me to change3 and be the narrator.

    Although I didn't tell my 4what had happened that day, she5my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

    It was a lovely6day.  It was warm.  In the yard all the flowers came out. We could see lots of dandelions (蒲公英) dancing among the colorful flowers.  How beautiful they were! I watched my mother carelessly bend down by some flowers.  "I think I am going to7all the useless grass." She said.

    "But I like dandelions," I said, "All flowers are 8 —even dandelions".

    My mother looked at me9"Yes, every flower shines in its own way, doesn't it?" she said. I nodded. "So that is10of people, too." She added.

    She had guessed my11 I started to cry and told her the truth.

    "You will be a great narrator." She said. Then she told me 12I loved to read stories to her when I was in Grade One.

    Over the next few13I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally14.A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me.  "Your mother asked me to give this to you," she said, passing me a dandelion.  After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps15 person who would keep such a common dandelion.

    One day a man and his donkey（驴）were walking down the road. They 1a traveler on the road and the traveler wanted to hire（租用）the donkey. The owner 2, but he said to the traveler," This animal is very 3. I always have to use a stick（枝条）to make it move. I 4 that I go with you. You can ride on the donkey's back while I 5 behind."

    Then they started out. At noon, the weather was so hot that they decided to stop and have a 6. The only shade（阴凉处）they could find was 7 the donkey.

    Both men tried to sit there but there wasn't enough8. The owner said," I should be the one to sit under the donkey 9 this is my donkey."

   "But I 10 for the ride," said the traveler.

   "No," said the owner." You paid to ride on the donkey, 11 not to sit under the donkey. So the shade belongs to 12."

    They argued on and on. When they 13 stopped arguing, they found that the donkey and the shade were both gone. The traveler had to 14 to his town while the owner had to spend hours 15 his lost donkey in the sun.

    There was a wall between my father and me. But I really needed my father's love. Nobody knew how jealous（妒忌的）I was when I saw other1and their girls walking hand in hand. 2, for me, it was only a dream.

    With years going by, I couldn't3it any more. So I decided to pull down this wall. But I needed to be brave.

    Everything began to4after I wrote a letter to my father. I can imagine the5look on my father's face when he read the letter，which was really a shock（震惊）to him.

    "I'm sorry，my daughter. It's my fault（错误）that I haven't noticed your6. But I promise，from now on，I'll try my best to be a good father. "My father told me this later. At that moment，tears ran down my face.

    He paid little attention to my feelings before, but now he really7the importance of love and has changed a lot. Now, 8I come home from school, my father will talk with me. He will ask me if I get along well with my teachers and classmates and if 9is going well in school.

    Finally. I have10my father's world. I opened the door to his heart. My dream has come true.

    I have succeeded in getting happiness by my own effort and I'll value it forever. He is my father, the only one I have.