Dear Mike,

    How's your vacation {#blank#}1{#/blank#}? Are you studying {#blank#}2{#/blank#}or are you having {#blank#}3{#/blank#}? I'm having a great time in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}! My family and I are on a vacation in the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. I want to call you but my phone isn't {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, so I am writing to you. The {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is hot in your country now, isn't it? The weather here is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}and cloudy，just right for {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

    See you {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

Yours,

Lucy

    The Ant (蚂蚁)and the Dove （鸽子）

    One hot day，an ant was looking for some water．After walking around for some time，she saw a river．{#blank#}1{#/blank#} the river，she had to climb up a piece of grass. While the ant {#blank#}2{#/blank#}on the grass she fell into the water．

    Just then a dove in a tree saw her．When the dove saw that the ant was in trouble，he quickly picked off a leaf and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it into the water near the ant．The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there．Soon it carried her safely to dry ground．Just at that time，a hunter （猎人） was going to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the dove．As soon as the ant{#blank#}5{#/blank#} what the hunter was going to do. She quickly {#blank#}6{#/blank#}him on the leg．Feeling the pain，the hunter dropped his gun．The dove was quick to fly to a safe place．

    A young eagle (鹰)was learning to hunt (捕猎)when he saw a large pig running around in the forest below. "Ooh, that looks delicious," he said. "No, dear," his mum said, "you're not {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to hunt something so big yet. Begin {#blank#}2{#/blank#}mice." Being a good boy, the eagle listened to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}mum and learned how to hunt mice proficiently (熟练地). Then he wanted {#blank#}4{#/blank#}pigs again. "No, dear," his mum said, "perhaps you should learn {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to catch rabbits now." So he did so, then he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}of the pigs again. "No, dear," his mum said, "now it's time for young sheep." The young eagle soon became {#blank#}7{#/blank#}at catching young sheep and then one day, he saw a pig running {#blank#}8{#/blank#}below. He looked at the pig, then at his mum's eyes. She nodded and the young eagle took off from his branch (树枝)and flew {#blank#}9{#/blank#} down. He had the pig for dinner that day.

    I don't know what your {#blank#}10{#/blank#} are. I hope that they are big. And I hope that you are taking small daily steps every day that are required to get there.