My aunt, Jenny Lee lives in a town in Canada. She has a 1 face like the sun. Her favorite 2 is Hu Xinger. Now she's in the  3 Wonderful Friends (《奇妙的朋友》) with five other stars. They live and play with many kinds of 4 in the zoo in Guangzhou. These animals are very cute.

    My aunt often tells stories about animals to her son. Today she wants to take him to the 5 to see animals. In the morning, Jenny gets up early and helps her son get dressed. They can 6 the subway to the zoo easily. Her son is only five years old, so he doesn't need to pay for the ticket(票). It's 7. At the zoo, they watch the monkeys 8 the trees. After lunch they enjoy drinking 9in the park. They like to spend time in the park. In the evening, they have dinner in a 10 and go home. The restaurant is near their house.

    Once when Kevin was selling hats under a big tree, the monkeys in the tree picked some hats and put them on. So Kevin took off his own hat and threw 1on the ground. The stupid monkeys threw their hats too! Kevin soon 2 all the hats and left happily.

    Fifty years later, young Tony, 3of Kevin, also sold hats for a living. 4 a long walk, Tony was tired, so he put his bag of hats beside him and lay down under a big tree, He was soon 5 

    When he woke up, Tony found that there weren't any hats in his bag! Tony started looking for his hats. To his 6 , he found some monkeys in the tree wearing his hats.

    Tony didn't know what to do.  Then he remembered the story his grandfather7to tell him. "Yes! I can fool these monkeys!" thought Tony. "I'll 8 them imitate(模仿) me and very soon I will get all my hats back !"

    Tony then waved at the monkeys, and the monkeys waved at him. Tony started dancing, the monkeys were also dancing. Tony threw his hat on the ground.

    Just then, one of the monkeys jumped down 9the tree, picked up the hat Tony threw on the ground and 10up to .Tony. He said, "Do you think only you have a grandfather?"

Your three years in junior high school will finish soon . Do you want to say something like the following three？

Lin Yijian，14，Xiamen（Boy）

I went through a hard time in the second year in junior high school because my grades suddenly dropped a lot.I faced great pressure.In the following summer vacation，I worked really hard by studying from 7：30 am to 9：30 p.m.every day.It was crazy.But when I caught up with my classmates.I felt everything was worthwhile（值得的）.

Zhang Wanying.15，Dalian，Liaoning（Girl）

In 2022，I had a trip to the US with some students and teachers.When we arrived there，the other students and I didn't want to eat the local food.The teachers were worried and tried to make us eat.When we finally finished the meal（资备） us，saying that the world would see how spoiled（被宠坏的） Chinese kids were.I felt really sorry but said nothing.

Zhao Shu，14.Hangzhou.Zhejiang （Girl）

I live in a dorm（寝室） during junior high school.In the beginning，it was a great challenge since I had never left my parents before that I had to do everything by myself.I learned to tidy my bed and get along with my roommates（家友），I feel comfortable living here and I feel proud of myself.

Long long ago, a king loved riddles. Once a year he made a new riddle and offered a 1 to the person who could first solve it.

Bob, a young man, was famous for his fine 2 . Bob had almost everything he needed except for 3 . He wanted to sell his products to every comer of the kingdom.

One year the king made a new riddle. People came from far and wide. He drew a line on the courtyard. "Make this line shorter without erasing （j青除）any part of it. Whoever wins can pick one of my strongest horses! Yet, is there anyone smarter than me? I doubt it!^v the king 4 the crowd.

People looked at the line in different directions. "How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?" the crowd asked each other. Some of them 5 ・ The dressmaker kicked dirt over the end of the line to 6 it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it 7 . None of these efforts worked.

Then Bob came with a bag of flour（面粉）from his shop. "Your Majesty, this riddle is just a piece of cake."8 , Bob opened his bag of flour and poured out a line of flour right next to the king's line・ The line was 9 than the king's line.

"Now, my king," Bob smiled, ^Uyour line is shorter."

"Such a clever trick!" the people were 10 ・ The king laughed. ^uYou made it.

Now you can have any horse you like."

A six-year-old British girl, Mollie Price, is opening up her third candy store "Mollie's". She is said to be one of Britain's youngest bosses. She sells both British and American candy. The girl would like to open more candy stores in the future. "It might sound crazy, but believe me," Mollie says.

"It was Mollie's idea to open up the shop. It is Mollie who runs the candy stores," her mother Becky, her "business partner" says.

Her mother says all the stores are put together and stocked(进货) by mollie. Mollie works in one of the stores every Saturday, and then gets up early on Sunday to go to the company's product supplier(供应商). She asks her friends to taste the sweets to decide which ones are good. She's good at smart marketing. For example, if the weather is really cold, she sells the Mr. Whippy ice cream more cheaply than when it's hot outside.

"Children have the best ideas. I tell my mom what I think and she always says I have good ideas. It's just because I know what other children like." Mollie says.

When duty shines

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