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

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

  Tony didn't know what to do. Then he remembered the story his grandfather 7 used to tell him. "Yes! I can fool these monkeys!” said 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, 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 10 up to Tony. He said, “Do you think only you had a grandfather?”

    Thirteen years ago, my sister, a very beautiful girl, was born. _1_, we were later told that this little girl, who was three and a half months premature（早产的）, would only have 14 days on the earth. It's hard to understand what kind of 2you have when you find out that you're losing something that you don't even know.

    As time went on, the number of days kept growing, which gave us hope. When the doctors said that we could take her home, that was when reality（现实）hit. We had no 3_.

    I am from a small town with small hospitals, but when you don't have money, you just don't have it. My mother tried for days to get the money, but nothing _4 each time. A caseworker was doing her best. It's5that it almost felt as if we had to 6a baby from the hospital.

    One day the caseworker walked into her boss's office to try again. As she walked out. Feeling 7again, out of nowhere a man walked up to her. He 8her a bag of money and said, “Please give this to the lady in need, so she can take her daughter home.” She looked 9_at her hand with tears in her eyes. As she looked up to thank him, he was gone. They searched all over that hospital and he was nowhere to be found.

    Thanks to the guy that I will 10_ know, we could take that beautiful baby girl home, and celebrate her 13^th birthday yesterday. I am thankful to this man and feel that his act of kindness should be shared with everyone.

    A little boy loved to play around a tall apple tree every day. Later, when he grew up, he no longer played there.

    One day, the boy came and he looked 1. When the tree knew the boy wanted some toys, she asked the boy to pick up all her 2 to sell. So the boy did it and left.

    Another day, the boy turned into a man and got back, "Come and play with 3 !" the tree was excited and said. "4, I have to build a house to live in," the man said. "You can 5 off my branches to build your house. " So the man did it and left 6.

    One hot summer day, the man came. when the apple tree knew that the man needed a boat to go sailing, she let him 7 her trunk(树干).

    After many years, the man came again. "Sorry, my boy. But the

8 thing left is my dying roots," the tree said. "I just need a place to rest 9 I'm old and tired after all these years," the man said.

    "Come! 10 tree roots are the best place to rest." The man sat down and the tree smiled with tears.

    A businessman, who was very fond of music, was asked by a poor woman to give her some help. Her husband, a great1, who was talented in music, had died, and left her very poor indeed.

    The businessman saw that the woman and her2, who was with her, were in great sadness. He looked with pity into their pale faces, and3that their sad story was true.

    "How much do you want, my good woman?" said the businessman.

    "4dollars will save us, " said the poor woman. With some hesitation（迟疑）. The businessman sat down at his desk, took a piece of paper, wrote a few lines on5, and gave it to the woman with the words," Take it to the6you see on the other side of the street."

    The grateful woman and her daughter, without stopping to read the note, ran to the bank 7. The banker at once counted out8 dollars instead of five. And then he passed them to the woman.

    She was9 when she saw so much money. "Sir, there is a mistake here," she said. "You have given me fifty dollars,10I asked for only five."

    The banker11the note once more, and said, "The check calls for fifty dollars."

    "It is a mistake-indeed it is," said the woman.

    The banker then asked her to wait for a few12, while he went to see the businessman who gave her the13.

    "Yes," said the businessman, since he had heard the banker's story," I did make a14.I wrote fifty instead of five hundred. Give the poor woman five hundred dollars, because she is such a(an)15woman that she should get even more." At that time, the banker understood why the woman could get much more than she asked for.

    While at the beach this afternoon. I met a 1 called Bob We talked a lot. He said that it was fun playing on the cliffs (悬崖). I told him 2 I was not allowed to go near that place (Mum and Dad had always told me it was dangerous to play there). He called me a coward (胆小鬼). I wanted to prove to him that I was just as 3 as he was, so I agreed to go with him.

    We wanted to make our way down to explore (探索) the area. so Bob started to climb down 4 I followed him. 5, some rocks came down after us. One of them nearly hit my head. We could not get back up. We shouted and shouted for help, but for a long time 6 help came. I was really scared (害怕的). I wanted to cry. Then, we heard some 7. Someone had heard us. A woman tied a rope around 8 while a man at the cliff top held the rope. She 9 her way down to save us.

    My parents were relieved (宽慰的) that I was unhurt, but they were angry that I had done 10 a risky thing. I apologized and promised that I would not do anything like that again.

    When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift. It was happiness.

    One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran me over and cut off my arms because of its high speed.

    Several days later when I woke up in the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life1arms. How sad I felt at that time！Even I was full of fears.2 slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I 3 every day.

    However, it's easier said than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness4. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a5mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates get6about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes7; they don't have a mobile phone but 8 have, and so on. But I only enjoy life. I was lucky to realize from an accident: It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have 9. We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy？Someone may say, "My whole life would improve 10I have a new car." But when you get the car, what will happen？For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

    Happiness depends on what we have！It's in our heart. It's a state of mind. Even though you own the whole world, you may still feel unhappy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激)and taking pleasure in what you really have.