Elena jogged with her dad in some empty lots(空地)at the edge of town. These out-of-the-way lots were good places to jog. But the lots were full of rocks and rubbish.

    One day, Elena saw a sign on the lots. It said, "New City Park. " Elena was excited.

Maybe the park would have a jogging trail(小路)！Elena told her parents about the sign.

    "I read about the park in the newspaper, "said Elena's father. " The city wants volunteers to help clean the area. Then the city will build a soccer field and a playground. "

    "Will they build a jogging trail? "Elena asked.

    " No, the paper didn't mention a jogging trail. "

    "Well, perhaps if I help clean up the lots, they'll put in a jogging trail, "said Elena.

    On Saturday Elena went to the lots. Many adults were working there. Some were picking rubbish. Some were moving rocks. "I want to volunteer, "Elena told a man, "What can I do? "

    "This is not a job for children, "said the man. " You'd better go home. "

    Elena looked around. She could carry rubbish. She could move rocks. A lady was pulling a bag of rubbish. Elena saw a box of rubbish bags. She took an empty bag. " I'll take this bag to the Dumpster, "said Elena, "Here's a new bag. "

    "Thanks, "said the lady. " Keep those new bags coming. "

    Elena dragged rubbish bags. She told everyone she was glad to help build the park. She explained that she hoped the park would have a jogging trail.

    Elena went to the area every week. Soon everyone knew her and she told everyone how wonderful a jogging trail would be.

    Soon the volunteers cleared the lots. The city could start building. The mayor gave a speech. He showed a drawing of the new park. He told them about the soccer field and the baseball diamond. There would be picnic tables. There would be a playground. The park would even have basketball courts. There was no sign of a jogging trail.

    The mayor thanked the volunteers. Then he asked if they had any suggestions. The volunteers said they wanted to build a jogging trail around the park. They told the mayor how helpful Elena had been and how she wanted a jogging trail. The mayor said, "A jogging trail won't be hard to build. Let's do it！"Everyone clapped and cheered. Elena cheered loudest of all.

    A bus stops at the bus station. It's 8:00a.m.Mr. Brown looks out of the window and he sees a woman. The woman is selling cakes. People from other buses buy a lot. He also wants to buy one. He doesn't have breakfast at home this morning. But the woman is far from his bus. And he doesn't want to go out.

    At that time, he sees a boy. He is not far from the bus. "Come here, boy!" Mr. Brown calls to him.

    "Do you know how much those cakes are?" Mr. Brown asks the boy.

    "Thirty cents for one," The boy answers.

    Mr Brown gives sixty cents to the boy and asks him to buy two cakes. Mr. Brown says "One cake is for you and the other is for me." After five minutes, the boy comes back with one cake. He eats the cake and gives thirty cents to Mr. Brown and says, There is only one left.

My brother Cody and I were in the back seat playing the guessing game I See when the snowstorm started.

"I see something green," Cody said. "The green highway sign?" I guessed, although it was hard to read it. I looked around. "The green hat on the girl in the car behind us?"

"Yes!" Cody laughed. "Your turn."

Dad spoke to Mom. "I don't like the looks of this. It's getting harder to see anything."

Suddenly, Dad stopped the car. We found the car nearly hit the tree on the roadside. Nobody talked. Cody and I stopped playing I See. It was like we were all helping Dad by holding our breath.

"We need to get off and wait out this storm," Dad said. "But I can hardly see the road, not to mention an exit (出口)."

Just then, I saw a red, blinking light high in the sky. "I see something red!" I shouted.

"Not now, Kenny," Dad scolded.

"I hey were red words," I continued.

"Let's forget about the games," Mom said.

But I had seen it. "It was like one of those really tall signs that flash GAS or FOOD like we've seen near exits."

"You're right. There's an exit!" Mom cried, pointing ahead. Dad carefully drove the car toward it. Finally we could see the red sign clearly enough: EAT HERE. Dad let out a big breath. We slipped and slid our way into the parking lot. Then we got off and moved into the small restaurant. A moment later, another family came in behind us. I saw the girl with the green hat.

"We followed your car's taillights here," her mom told us. "We would never have found this place without you."

"We wouldn't have found it either," Dad said, winking at me, "if we weren't riding with someone who's very good at I See."

It was a fine summer afternoon. Sam was going home from school. He walked along the road slowly, reading a book. Sam had spent all his money on the book. He liked it very much. When he came to the high road, there was a blind man, holding out his hat. The poor man said, "I haven't eaten anything since yesterday. Please give me some money. I want to buy some bread." But Sam had nothing to give. So, he just walked on, feeling very sad.

Soon after, a fine carriage(马车) came up, and in it were Harry and his mother. The blind man still stood there and held out his hat. "Let us give the poor man something," said Harry to his mom. His mother found some coins in her bag and passed them to him. However, Harry did not put them into the man's hat. He threw them into the bush (灌木丛) beside the poor man. How could the blind man find them?

As Sam turned back to look at the fine carriage, he saw Harry throwing the coins into the bush. So he walked back at once and helped look for the money until he found all the coins.

As the blind man held the coins, he smiled. It touched Sam's heart. At that moment, Sam knew that kindness wasn't always about big actions; sometimes, it was the simple act of giving a helping hand that could make a difference.

Mrs Brown is from London, England. But she likes working in China. She says all her students work very hard( 努力地) and they are very friendly. She loves them very much. And the students love her, too. 

Mrs Brown has a son and a daughter. Her son's name is Jack. He is ten. Her daughter's name is Sue. She is seven years old. They study in China. They have classes from Monday to Friday. They like their school very much. On Saturday and Sunday, they often go shopping or play sports. Sometimes they help their mother with some housework. 

They have a happy family.