Mary is four years old. She likes to ask questions. Her questions are often funny.

One day Mary goes to see her uncle with her father. Her uncle lives in another city. The city isn't near their city, so they take a bus to go there.

After many hours, they get to Mary's uncle's city. He is very happy to see them. The next morning, Mary's uncle takes her and her father out and shows them around(带领他们参观)。“Look at that big house,” says her uncle. “ It's the oldest(最古老的) house in the city.” “How old is it?” her father asks. “It is about 2100 years old,” her uncle answers.“How can that be?” Mary says. “It's only 2015 this year!”

    Curly is my big dog. He is so strong that he can carry everything on his back. He likes to run and play with me. He likes to follow my father around in the fields, too.

    One day my father took off his coat and put it on the ground under a big tree. Curly stood watching him. My father said, "Watch my coat, Curly." Curly sat down on the coat. My father forgot all about his coat and went home without it. Late in the evening I missed my dog. I looked everywhere for him, calling, "Curly, Curly" but Curly did not come. Soon my father wanted something that was in his coat pocket. Then he remembered what he had done. He went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was sitting on the coat so that nobody could carry it away.

 Alice is a 6- year- old girl. She likes drawing(画画) very much.

 One day, after the rain(雨), she goes out with her father and her dog Coco.

" Wow, what's that?" She asks.

" It's a rainbow. How many colors can you see, my dear?" asks her father.

" Er... one, two, three... seven. Seven colors. It looks so nice."

 Then they go home."I want to draw a rainbow, Dad, but I don't have orange , green or purple," Alice says to her father.

" That's easy. We have the three colors. Let me help you. Red and yellow can make orange. Put(放) yellow into blue, and we can get green. Blue and red can make purple."

" Wow, that's interesting! I have seven colors now. I can draw a rainbow. Thanks, Dad!"

 With the help of her father, Alice draws a great rainbow. She is so happy!

John, a famous musician, took his priceless violin and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the violin was in the wind throughout the whole station. However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly 1 the music. A three-year-old kid was so2 in the music that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 dollars for his work that day. 

However, in3 days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars, and it is really 4 to buy a ticket even at such a high price.5 later, many passers-by in the station that day for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a.6 but cheap music feast (盛宴) . 

I have a very busy friend called Charles. He had totally7 after knowing that his wife came down with an illness that cannot be 8 , and she couldn't live long. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. But even so, his wife still didn't 9 the illness and passed away. After that, he often sighed. Due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of 10 time with his wife. But now, it is impossible to 11 for it. 

But it is no use crying over spilt milk. In our life, we have missed a lot of precious things without knowing to 12 them. The reason is less than simple; we had thought that we could 13 own them tomorrow. 

There was a famous-Buddhist mook saying that in many people's lives, they have only done two things: waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it. We would often expect to do 14 when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the 15 we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish, because we have lost it by then