A farmer had some little dogs to sell. As he was putting up an advertisement on the fence of his yard, a 1 happened to pass by.

    “I want to 2 one of your dogs, sir.”

    “Well, " said the farmer, "these dogs come from fine parents and cost a lot of 3.”

    The boy 4 his head for a moment. Then he reached deep into his 5 and pulled out（退） some change（零钱）. “I've got thirty-nine cents（美分）. Is that 6 to take a look?”

    “7," said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle（口哨），“Here, Dolly!”

    Dolly ran out of the dog house 8 by four little dogs. The boy's eyes danced with joy.

    As the dogs made their way to the fence(栅栏）, the little boy noticed something else moving inside the 9. Slowly another little dog 10: this one much smaller. It was doing its best to 11.

    “I want that one, "the little boy said.

    The farmer said, "Boy, don't want that dog. He will 12 be able to run and play with you like the other dogs would.”

    The boy rolled up（卷起）one leg of his pants and showed a steel（钢）13. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see, sir, I don't 14 too well myself, and he will need someone who 15.”

    Tom was very proud of his dog Blackie. Whenever he got a chance, he would ask his 1 to please his friends with some tricks.

    One day Tom went to visit his friend Jack, who was 2 at home with a bad cold. "How are you feeling?" asked Tom. " 3 than yesterday," answered Jack. "I have a terrible cough, and there is no 4 in the house." "Don't worry, Jack. I'll 5 Blackie to the drugstore for some medicine. He'll be back in a minute before you know it. "Tom put a five-dollar note in Blackie's 6 and the dog ran down the street. "And keep the change," Tom shouted after him.

    "Oh, Tom, don't be 7. You know that dog won't be back with any medicine," said Jack. "Oh, yes, he will," answered Tom. Half an hour later, however, Blackie had not 8. Tom was worried and felt angry at his friend's little smile.

    "9 has happened to him, I'm sure." said Tom. "He obeyed me as a rule." Just then Tom saw Blackie at a distance. He hurried to open the door and let him in. Jack was shocked to see a bottle of medicine in the dog's mouth.

    "Good boy," said Tom. "But what took you so long?" Blackie ran to the door, 10 and wagging his tail. Tom looked out of the door and saw a bone outside.

    Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes 1 centuries, Mooncakes carry people's2to the families they love and miss.

    There are many traditional folk stories about the 3Festival .Among them, the story of the Chang'e is the 4touching.

    Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful 5. Hou Yi shot down the nine suns. He got magic medicine 6a goddess. She gave him medicine 7she wanted to thank him for 8he did. The medicine could make people 9forever.

    However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to 10the medicine. Chang'e refused 11give it to him and took it all. After taking the 12, she became very light and 13to the moon.

    Hou Yi was so 14that he called out her name to the moon every night, He wished that Chang'e could come back.

    After this, people started the tradition of 15the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.

    Gunny, a young rabbit, was drinking some water from the river near her village. Suddenly, she found two foxes walking to her. She turned around and said, "Hello, friends. I am Gunny. Are you here for some1 too？"

    "You know we are here2for you." both of the foxes laughed.

    "I see, you are3," said Gunny. "But I don't think I am fat enough for you to eat. How about going to my village with me？ You can4 a lot of rabbits if you want."

    The two foxes thought that they would have a big5 soon. They6 Gunny to a bush(灌木丛).

    "My village is7 the bush. Would you like to let me go first？" asked Gunny.

    "Do you think we are8? You must want to run away. We will go9said one of the foxes. "OK, let's run together…" said Gunny.

    They all started running fast, but Gunny10 just before the bush, while the foxes kept on running. They fell off a really high cliff (悬崖),which was behind the bush.

    Mr. Brown was very fat and he didn't feel well. Mrs. Brown was1about his weight (体重).

    "You must see a doctor," she said, "and ask him how to2weight. It's not good3your health." "OK." Mr. Brown said, and then he went to see the doctor.

    The doctor looked him over, then he said, "Nothing serious, you are too heavy. You must lose430 kilos. Eat only fruit and vegetables and run five kilometers a day for the next5days, then call and tell me how6you are."

    Mr. Brown went home and did7the doctor told him. One hundred days8, he called the doctor.

    "Mr. Brown here, doctor," he said. "I'm calling to tell you about my weight. You will be9to know that I lost 30 kilos."

    "Great!" The doctor said. "Yes, but there's another10," Mr. Brown said. "I'm 500 kilometers from home!"