There was once a lonely girl who wanted to get love. One day when she was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in the woods she found two hungry birds. She took them{#blank#}2{#/blank#}and put them in a small cage. She looked after them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning, they greeted her with{#blank#}3{#/blank#}wonderful song. The girl loved them very much.

    One day the girl left the cage door{#blank#}4{#/blank#} One bird flew from the cage. The girl was afraid that he would fly away. As he flew close, she caught him wildly. She was very happy{#blank#}5{#/blank#}him. Suddenly she felt the bird unable to walk. She opened her hand{#blank#}6{#/blank#}was surprised to find the bird was dead. Her love {#blank#}7{#/blank#} him.

    She noticed the other bird jumping up and down in the cage. She could feel his great{#blank#}8{#/blank#}for freedom. She lifted him from the cage and let him fly into the air. She wanted the bird to be happy. The bird circled once, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, three times. Finally, he flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. He sang the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} music that she had ever heard.

    A friend told me a story about an earring. One day, she {#blank#}1{#/blank#} her children to a nearby park to play games. After she went home, she noticed that one of her earrings was lost. The earring had a special meaning to her. It {#blank#}2{#/blank#}for her by her sister, who lived very far away from her. And she {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it for a long time. So she decided to find it. The next morning, she went to the park. It had rained heavily. After searching for a whole morning, she wanted to give up. While she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} off the mud of her shoes, she suddenly found something. It was her missing earring.

    Anything {#blank#}5{#/blank#} possible if we pay attention to and catch every possibility in our life.

Dear Xia Yu,

    Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America? One is Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father's Day on the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Sunday of June. On these two days, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} children often give gifts to their parents or take {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for lunch or dinner. Common gifts are flowers and cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. I heard that it is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} more and more popular to celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day in China. I wonder if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents. I believe that there are many ways to show our love. Actually, we don't have to spend a lot of money. It is also a good idea to help parents {#blank#}5{#/blank#} something instead.

June