Mr and Mrs Yates had one daughter.   1   name was Carol, and she was nineteen years old. Carol lived  2 her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she  3any of the boys very much.

Then she met a very 4 young man. His name was George. and he 5 in a bank near her office. They went out together quite 6 , and he came to Carol's parents' house twice, and then last week Carol went to her father and said, “I 7 George, Daddy. ”

“Oh, yes,” said 8 .“he's a nice boy. But has he got any money?”

“Oh, men! All of you are 9 ,” the daughter answered 10 . “I met George on the first of June and on the second he said to me, ‘Has your father got any money?'”

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    A young woman in her 20s was sitting on the train, next to her mother. They both looked tired 1 excited.

    The young woman was looking out from the train's window. Suddenly, she shouted: "Mom,look, the trees are behind us!" Her voice was so 2that everyone on the train heard.

    Mom smiled. But a young couple sitting nearby looked at the young woman's childish behavior (行为 ) with pity. "Poor young woman. There must be something wrong with her3," they thought.

    A while later, the young woman4again: "Mom, look! The clouds are running with us!"

    Mom smiled again. And she seemed very happy with the young woman's words.

    5, the couple couldn't help asking the old woman: "Sorry if we offend (目犯) you. But why don't you take your daughter to a good doctor?"

    The old woman smiled and said: "Actually（其实）, we have just come from the6."

    "Then you should go to a better one. Because it seems that your daughter's situation hasn't 7," said one ofthem. They felt so bad for the old woman.

    "No, in fact I'm very happy with the treatment," said the mother. "My daughter was8from birth. Today, she is seeing the world for the first time."

    Every single person has a story. Don't judge people before you truly know them. The truth might9you.

    A young man was walking in the desert. He felt very 1. Just then he suddenly found a spring of delicious and clear water. The water was cool and sweet for a man who had 2it for such a long time. He drank a lot, and then he 3 his bottle so that he could bring some back to his village and gave it to his teacher who had taught him in middle school.

    After a four-day 4, he gave the water to the old man and he took a deep drink, smiled warmly and 5his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his home with a happy heart.

    Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out at once, saying it was6. The student said the water had become bad because the bottle was too old.

    The student asked his teacher, "Master, the water was bad and it was bitter. Why did you 7 to him that you liked it?" The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water 8 I tasted the gift. The water which has been put in loving and kindness is not 9water." Nothing could be 10 than love.

    Once upon a time, there was a swan (天鹅). She lived in a lake. A woman with her two daughters lived in a small house1 the lake. They lived a hard life. Sometimes they 2 enough money to buy food.

    The swan was 3 to see that. She4to help them. Every day she came to the woman's house and left a golden feather without 5anything. The woman sold the feather 6 bought food. She was happy because her life was 7than before.

    But the woman became greedy (贪婪). One day when the swan 8, the woman caught her and took all her golden feathers. Suddenly the golden feathers 9 the common (普通的) feathers.

    The swan said, "I came to help you, but you wanted to kill (杀) 10. I will never come back. Never be greedy." With these words, the swan disappeared (消失).