King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked 1 which were strange. His people had to use words in a 2 way to answer these questions.

    Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of a(an) 3. It was at this moment that Bribal entered the palace. Birbal  4 the habit of the king. He understood the 5 at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can 6 for an answer?”

    Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦)are there in the city?”

    Without even a moment's thought, Birbal 7, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord. "

    “How can you be so 8?” asked Akbar.

    Birbal said, “Make your men 9, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find 10 crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else. "

    Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal's wise answer.

    A giant panda ran away from the zoo in London. He walked and walked and became1 . He walked into a restaurant, where he found a 2at an empty table. The waiter took the panda's order.

    After he 3 his dinner, the panda stood up, calmly pulled out a gun which he had hidden, and fired into the air.4 he turned around and walked toward the door.

    Naturally, the waiter was horrified(恐惧的), but he tried hard to pull himself together and stopped him for a(n) 5.

    The panda said to him, "What do I look like to 6 ?"  .

    The waiter answered, "Well, a giant panda, of course,"

    "That's right," said the panda. "Look it up." and he walked out.

    The waiter called the7. When they arrived the waiter told them the whole story，8 the panda's words "looking it up". So the police officer 9 a young man out to get an encyclopedia(百科全书).

    The young man returned with the encyclopedia. The officer  10 "panda" and there was the answer," Giant panda, lives in china, eats shoots (竹笋) and leaves."

    Henry Bond was about seven years old when his father died．His mother found it 1to support the large family．However，she tried her best to do so．Also，she 2Henry，the eldest son，to school．

    At one time，Henry needed a grammar book for his study．His family was so 3that his mother could not afford one．

    One morning，Henry found that a deep snow had fallen，and the 4wind was blowing．"Ah，"he said，"it is an ill wind that blows nobody good．"With these words，he ran to the house of a neighbor，and offered his 5to move away the snow around it．The offer was accepted．When he finished the work，he received his 6 ． Then he went to another place for the

7purpose，and then to anther，8he had earned （挣得） enough to buy a grammar book．

    From that time，Henry was 9the first in all his classes．He knew no such word as"10"，and he succeeded in all he tried to do．Having the will，he always found the way．