Mum's Christmas Surprise

    Molly ran back home from school and dropped her schoolbag on the sofa. Then on the table she saw “Mum's Wish Book” – a mail order catalog（商品目录） from a gift shop. “Mum,” she said excitedly to herself, “this year you'll get the gloves you want!” Molly had walked a dog for a neighbor and saved her 1 all year to buy Mum the gloves.

    She opened “Mum's Wish Book” and hoped that she could find these 2 in it. Teas ran down her face when she saw the gloves in the catalog. Mum wouldn't buy them for herself, because the family had a 3 time on the farm. She once heard Mum say to Dad, “Maybe some day, I'll have the money to get them.”

    Molly ran out by the back door and went straight to the post office. There she carefully filled out the order form torn from the catalog.

    “I need to buy a stamp to 4 the form.” She said to Mr. Smith, the only worker in the post office.

    “Umm, a pair of gloves?” said Mr. Smith, as he passed a stamp to her.

    “Yes, It's a Christmas gift for Mum, but please don't tell her. It's our 5, OK?” Molly didn't realize how white Mr. Smith's beard was until that moment. In face, he reminded her of Santa Claus.

    As Molly walked back home, she decided to tell Dad her secret. “You've got to check the mailbox every day,” said Molly 6 to Dad. He nodded, with a big smile.

    Coming home from school every day, Molly peeked at （偷看） Dad when Mum wasn't 7, but every time he shook his head.

    On Christmas Eve, Dad came back from mailbox, still empty handed. Molly felt 8 when she went to bed, because she didn't have the gloves for Mum.

    Before Christmas dinner, as Mum took the apple pies out of the oven, Molly began 9 the table. Suddenly, they heard someone pulling up the driveway. From the window they saw Mr. Smith making his way to the door, with a box in his hand. Mr. Smith 10 Mum the box, “I believe this is yours.”

    Mum looked from Dad to Molly and opened the box. Her eyes lit up when she saw the gloves. “Oh, who bought these for me?” she asked.

    “Santa did,” said Molly smilingly.

    “Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!” Mr. Smith, with a loud laugh.

    It was Christmas that no one would ever forget.

    Once there lived a poor family in our town. They were so poor that there was almost(几乎)1 in the house but a pot(罐) 2 a broken table. In it there was a little rice. They 3the rice from their neighbour for the coming New Year. On New Year's Eve(除夕夜), the wife already fell asleep, but the husband was 4 in bed, worrying about their life. Suddenly he heard someone breaking into the room.

    “It must be a thief(小偷),” he thought, “5 it doesn't matter. The thief can steal(偷) nothing.”He didn't shout or move. But he kept6over the thief.

    The thief came into the house and was only7 in the rice under the table.

    “But8can I take it away?” the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He9 his coat, put it on the ground between the bed and the table and turned around to take the 10 .

    Now the husband knew11the thief would do. He picked up the coat quickly and covered himself with it12the thief turned back.

    The thief took the pot, and poured(倒) the rice onto the coat. Then he began to feel it. But he was13 to find that his coat was gone.

    “Hey,” he shouted out. The14 woke up the wife. She asked her husband, “Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room.”

    “Shut up! (闭嘴)” replied her husband, “15 to sleep. There is no thief in the room.”

    “That's impossible,”the thief shouted loudly, “If there isn't a thief, then, where is my coat?”

    It was a cold winter, with Christmas right around the corner. My kids and I were going shopping.1the way to the supermarket, I saw a man in an old and thin T-shirt. He was2a sign that said, "Lost my job. Family to feed. "Only a few people stopped and gave some money to him. It was clear that the man was3.

    My 10-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son4him, too. After understanding his situation, they felt5and said he must be feeling bad to stand outside in the cold wind.

    When we were in the supermarket, I asked my daughter to pick6she thought our "friend" outside would need. She picked some apples, hamburger, some cheese and a bottle of juice.

    Then my son asked, "Can we buy him a7?"

    I didn't expect that, so I had to8the suggestion carefully. We were not rich and we needed to buy lots of things, but... Well, sometimes helping others is just9we need to do!

    We talked about the fact that we could not buy something we planned to buy10we bought a jacket for the man. My kids11to take some snacks and toys off the shopping list.

    When we found the man, my kids12him the bag of food and the jacket. He was first surprised and then very glad. He13us and said we must be the angels sent from the God.

    I think this14has been a wonderful opportunity for our family.15of my kids agreed that helping others made them happier.

    Jack was very excited (兴奋的).It was his first time to visit a city in China. Jack arrived in the afternoon.

    When he got off the train, he felt hungry(饿的)and wanted to 1 some food. But he didn't know 2to find a restaurant, so he bought a 3of the city.

    With the help of the map, Jack walked along Helping Street, and then turned right when he saw the traffic lights.4he didn't see any restaurants there!

    Jack went to ask a policeman 5help. There was a (n)6. Jack couldn't speak any Chinese. Then he took out a piece of paper (—张纸)and 7 a food shop on it. The policeman was8and he knew what Jack wanted to do.9pointed (指)to the map and told Jack to go across the bridge and then walk on for about 100 meters. Soon Jack 10a restaurant.

    It was across from a big hospital.

    A small "shop" by the road in Japan has a dog "shopkeeper". It's selling roasted(烤的)Sweet 1there.

    The friendly dog is 2 Kenkun. Because the shop is a self—service one, what the dog should do is just to be cute for customers and he does well3that. The roasted sweet potatoes are kept in a heated "box" outside the shop. So customers can help4directly They need to5100 yen(日元)into the money box for each potato they take. It seems to be working fine now. 6, who would steal a dog? Actually, the three-year-old dog is a good "shopkeeper. It's 7cute and lovely that some of the customers come to see him and of course, they will leave with 8 one or two potatoes.

    People online have different opinions about this. Some of them think that's interesting and they say the dog is the 9 one they've ever seen. But others think it's crazy to keep a dog 10 near a "box" for several hours a day. In their opinion, dogs should run and play hers and there in the sun.

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