Once upon a time, there lived a very skinny pig. The other animals in the barn laughed at(嘲笑)him, “You don't look like a pig! Other pigs are all fat, but you're so skinny! Are you a pig?" The skinny pig was sad and lonely. No one wanted to play with him because he looked different. One night, the skinny pig saw smoke coming out of the roof(屋顶)of the henhouse. He heard the hens shouting, ‘Help! Help!' The other animals couldn't get into the henhouse because they were so fat. The skinny pig ran inside and pulled the hens out of the fire. From that day on, the animals became friends with their hero(英雄), the skinny pig.

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    Venice (威尼斯）is a famous city in Italy (意大利）.It is in the northeast (东北）of Italy. There are many canals (运河）and bridges (桥梁）in  Venice. The canals look like streets. There is much water in those canals. There are no cars in this city, but they have boats. People in this city do not drive cars. They go here and there in boats. We go to school on foot, by bus, by car, by bike or by underground. But the students in this city go to school by boat.

    Tim often goes to the park at the weekends. He likes playing with ants. The ants are small, but they can carry big things. They work in groups. Tim likes catching fireflies, too. Sometimes he puts them in some bottles.

    Many boys like insects. They like crickets(蟋蟀). Crickets are brave and they like to fight. But many girls like butterflies(蝴蝶) and dragonflies(蜻蜓), because they are beautiful.

    It's Sunday afternoon. The weather is fine. There is a football match between class 2 and class 4. Many students are watching. They're excited. Now, Zhang Wei has the ball. He passes it to Wei Kun. But Wei Kun can't kick the ball. Then John has the ball. The ball flies to Zhang Wei's arm. Zhang Wei is very angry. The ball files into the goal. How is Zhang Wei feeling? He is so happy! Class 4 won the game. Class 2 is very sad.

    Little Peter is now in Beijing with his parents. Little Peter doesn't know much Chinese, but he is trying to learn and speak it. He often tries to speak Chinese to his Chinese friends. Sometimes they don't understand him, because he can't speak Chinese well.

    It's Sunday morning. He goes out. He is walking in the street. He is going to the zoo to see the monkeys, but he doesn't know how to get there. He asks a Chinese boy. The boy can't understand him. Then he takes out a pen and some paper. He draws a monkey on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy smiles and then shows little Peter the way to the zoo.