“Mommy, I got something for you!” Cody ran through the door after school. His face wore the biggest smile ever. He waved something above his head. “It's a pen. But not just any pen. It's a lucky pen!” He handed me the pen 1 , waiting for my reaction（反应）.

I looked at the pen in my hand. There was nothing 2 about it. It looked just like any other ballpoint pen. I had a drawer full of them. At that moment, I didn't realize how special it was or how much I would come to treasure（珍爱）it.

I had made the decision to be a(n) 3 . I had dreamed about it for a long time but I was afraid of being refused by the publishing houses. The night before, I told my husband my 4 when I thought Cody wasn't listening. “What if 5 likes my writing and I fail?” But Cody did 6 what I said. Now he stood in front of me, watching me examine the pen. “You don't have to be afraid now,” he said. “This pen will make your 7 great and everyone will love you.”

Tears filled my eyes. Refusal and failure didn't seem like such a big problem any more. Even if I 8 sold the first book, I had everything I could ever need. I knew that pen would bring me luck, though. And I felt 9 already, just by having Cody in my life, especially when I heard what he did to get it.

In the lunchroom, Cody heard an older boy talking about having a lucky 10 . He decided to get it for me. The boy was a tough negotiator(强硬的谈判者) but Cody didn't 11 . In the end, he 12 his favorite Matchbox car, two army men his brother gave him, a crayon, and a piece of candy—his most important things, for that pen. Just to make 13 feel better.

I still have that pen, though it's long out of ink, in a cup on my desk. When a refusal letter arrives and I start feeling 14 , I look at it and remember just how lucky I am. For while I value that pen, it's Cody who I really 15 in my life.

    Once there was a king. He was wise but everyone was afraid of him. His face showed the sadness deep in his heart. So there were deep1lines(皱纹) on his face.

    In his country lived a beautiful girl. Everyone seemed to love her, so did the king. He wanted to2her, and finally he decided to speak to her of his love. After he dressed in his best clothes, he looked in the3,but he saw a hard face,4when he tried to smile.

    How about wearing a mask(面具)?” he thought. Then he ordered his magician to paint a mask that looked kind and happy and handsome. The magician5and said, " But you must keep your own face in the same lines that I paint and be kind to all people from your heart. If not, the mask will break. The mask looked so6that no one knew it was not the true face of the king. Months passed, the beautiful lady7the king, and the king treated everyone8to keep the mask from breaking.

    At last, the king didn't want to cheat his beautiful wife any more.9he asked the magician to take the mask off. Surprisingly, he found his face was just like the mask he had worn10so long!

    This story tells us that a man is what he is in his heart.

    At the age of 12, most of the kids like to watch TV or1online games. But the 12-year-old Jaysea is2teaching yoga. She finished 200 hours teacher training and is the youngest yoga3now.

    She teaches kids and teenagers yoga. “I want to do this for a long time4I love so much,” says Jaysea, the girl5long blonde hair and long legs. She seems quieter 6more serious than most other kids.

    She7a twin brother and a 15-year-old brother. Their parents, Rick and Julie said,

    "They only go to school three days a8. We tell them to think about9they want to do and they have10days to do it. And when they finish high school, they will get their favorite11."

    Her father says she still12her best at school. "She finishes all her homework and she 13 wants to miss a class."

    School doesn't14before 9:45 a.m. or 10:30 a.m., so Jaysea has enough time to do practice every15at home for an hour.

    Lao She was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century. He was not only a great writer, 1a famous modern novelist(小说家)and dramatist(剧作家).

    Lao She was born in a poor family in Beijing and his real name was Shu Qingchun. His family was poor2his father died. His mother had a very3time. Lao She worked his way through college. After finishing school he started to work as a4in primary and middle schools. He liked5since he was a child. He didn't write his first novel until 1933.He was famous6his novel Camel Xiangzi and the play Teahouse. Teahouse shows the7of the Chinese people in 1898 and 1945.Most people like to see it.

    Like8famous intellectuals(知识分子)in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle of 1960s.9, he killed himself in a lake in 1966.

    He was married to Hu Jieqing and they10four children, one son and three daughters.

    Billy's favourite colour was orange. But he couldn't see what orange looked like.

    A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his eyes weren't as1as a normal baby's. "Billy would2be able to see. He is blind," the doctor said. Even so, with the hope to help Billy learn3 about the world around him, his mother kept describing everything she saw for him.

    Not just through his mother's words, Billy saw 4his ears and hands, too. He had perfect hearing. "In fact, he5 see many things that normal people don't notice."

    6Billy lived in the dark, he always believed a dream would light up his life. He found that he was7 in computer science. So he began learning it at seven years old. As a young boy, he8going to Stanford University some day. And for years of efforts, he finally achieved his dream.

    Many people wanted to find out the secret of his9. Billy explained, "Just move forward! Don't let any difficulty10your dream from coming true."

    You cannot choose what you are given, but you can choose how you make use of it.