Some friends are playing hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) at Mr. Green' home. They play in Mike's room. It's time for Lily to find her friends. Lily first finds Sally.Sally is behind the door. Then, Lily sees Bob. Bob is under the table. Mike is under the table, too. Now it's time to find David and John. David's hat is on the sofa. Is David under the sofa? No, he isn't. John's schoolbag is on the chair, but he isn't there.“Where are they?”Lily thinks.Shh! Don't let her know. They are under the bed!

    A very new, young officer（军官）was at a station. He was on his way to visit his mother in another town, and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of this train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but he did not have the coins（硬币）for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.

    At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, "Do you have change for ten pence（便士）?"

    "Wait a moment,' the old soldier answered. He began to put his hand in his pocket, "I'll see if I can help you."

    "Don't you know how to speak to an officer?" the young man said angrily. "Now let's start again. Do you have change for ten pence?"

    "No, sir," the old soldier answered politely and quickly.

    Mr. Brown has got a dog. Its name is Ben. And the dog is very good to Mr. Brown.

    One hot day, Mr. Brown returned home from work and said to himself, "I want to know where the water jar (罐子) is." Then he found the water jar with clean water. Mr. Brown wanted to drink some water. But the dog barked (吠叫).

    "Oh, Ben! Please be quiet! I will give you some water," said Mr. Brown. But the dog didn't stop barking and even jumped up to him. "What? Let me drink some water first. Then I will give you something to eat," said Mr. Brown. But the dog still didn't stop barking. And the dog still jumped up and even broke the jar at last. Mr. Brown got very angry (生气的). But soon, he found a snake (蛇) in the pieces of the jar. He knew about the snake. It was poisonous. It could be very dangerous for him if he drank the water. Mr. Brown thanked the dog a lot.

    My father died when I was five. It was hard on us all. My brother, who is eight years older than me, began to take care of my mother and me.

    He took on more responsibilities than expected. I remember he made sure the rubbish was taken out, and the yard was cleaned. He did on his own, without being told to do so.

    Because of my father's death, mom had to get a full time job. Brother would get me up for school and make me breakfast. While I was eating, he would lay out my clothes, make my bed, and gather my school books up.

    Hand in hand we would walk to the bus stop. As we waited, he would play games my father used to play with me. When we returned from school, we were alone for about half an hour, until mom was home from work. Before I did my homework, he would sit me down with three cookies and a glass of milk. Then he would prepare something for mom to cook dinner.

    Mom would greet us with a hug and kiss. This was our time to have some fun outside. This was my brother's time to be a kid.

    One Saturday in June several years later, my mother and I were at a store where the Father's Day cards were sold. I stared at the cards. Mom said," Cindy, I know this is hard time for you."

   "No, mom. That's not it. Why don't they have Brother's Day cards?"

    She smiled," You're right, your brother has exactly been a father to you. Go ahead to choose a card."

    I did so, and on Father's Day, my mother and I sat my brother down and gave him the card.

    As he read it, I saw the tears in his eyes. Mom said," Son, your father is proud of you, seeing that he raised a good man, and that you do your best to fill his shoes. We love you and thank you."