A bird went to look for its happiness in a faraway place．

    It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little dying flower，whose face was full of smile．Not knowing why，the bird asked the little flower，"You're going to die．Why are you still so1？"

    "Because I will achieve my dream，"said the little flower．

    "2 is your dream？"

    "To produce sweet fruit．"

    Then the little bird saw it：happiness is a3in the heart．

    The bird continued flying and saw a lame duck help a little duck find the way back home．Although it was disabled，it had a smiling face．

    "I'm happy because I can help4 ， "said the lame duck．

    So the bird saw it：happiness is a love in the heart．

    The bird kept flying and suddenly saw a spider climbing up a wall．The spider fell off the wall halfway，5it kept climbing again and fell off again．Even so，the spider didn't 6 ． The little bird asked the spider in surprise，"you 7again and again，why don't you have pain but happiness on your face？"

    "As long as I keep making my 8 ， I'm able to climb up it．9this，I'm so happy，"said the spider．

    The little bird saw it：happiness is a faith（信念） in the heart．

    So the little bird10 looked for happiness because it had seen the truth：happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart．

    I have a good friend.  His name is Tom. He is a nice boy, but he eats too1and doesn't like sports.

    He has a big2every morning. He has four eggs,3of bread with butter and 4big glass of milk for it.5lunch, he eats two hamburgers, a lot of French fries6 chicken. He drinks a lot of Coke or soda too. For dinner, he likes beef and salad.

    He7eats beef, chicken, hamburgers and eggs. He likes ice cream, Coke and soda 8.

    Too much food is not9for health. So Tom is very 10.

    One day, my lite daughter Annie came to me with a difficult problem. "Helen hates me!" she cried. "She wants me only to be her 1.You tell Helen that I want to be her friend, but I can have other friends, too!"

    Oh! I looked at her for a few 2wondering what to do, when suddenly an idea came to me.

    I picked up two 3from the living room. I put the small basket inside the big one and said. "When everyone is born, he or she has a little basket. The lite one is 4.The big one is mine. Your little basket is inside mine.5do you think that is?"

    She looked at me 6and said nothing

    I continued, "Your little basket is in mine because when you were born, there were too many things you couldn't do for yourself. I fed you, bathed you and I7 everything else you couldn't do on your own.8 I put your basket in mine. As you grew older, when you learnt to tie your shoes, that went in your basket You 9want me to tie your shoes now, right?"

    She said softly, "No, I can tie my own shoes."

    As you grow older, there will be 10things you must do by yourself." As I spoke, I took her basket out of mine and handed it to her." You will finally 11 your own basket with things only you can do, like deciding who you want to be friends with, what college you will go to, who you will marry."

    She 12it for a while and said," I understand. There are some things that I have to do for myself because they are in my basket."

    I hugged her and continued, "One day when I become 13, you will take things out of my basket and place them into your basket. Finally, you'll take my basket. Just like I do for my mom and grandmother now." I gently 14my basket with hers.

    Life is a 15. As she watched the little basket in my hand and smiled, she understood

    There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was only cheap but was very 1to him because it was a gift from his father.

    After 2the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for 3 from a group of children playing nearby.

    He 4 them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.

    Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn 5. They searched everywhere but still could not find the 6. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another 7.

    The farmer looked at him and thought," Why not? After all, this kid looks honest."

    So the farmer 8 the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he 9 where the rest had failed.

    The boy replied," I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch."

    This shows us that sometimes a 10 mind can think better than an excited one."

    The grand military parade (盛大阅兵式) and celebrations were held in Tian'anmen Square, Beijing on Oct. 1 for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

    A grand military parade was held in the morning, showing the great progress made by the Chinese armed forces in recent years. About 15,000 officers and soldiers took part in the 80-minute parade in front of Tian'anmen Square. Then, a mass pageant(群众游行展) showing China's historical achievements and the nation's great rejuvenation(伟大复兴)was held. It was seen as a lesson on Chinese history and how far the nation has progressed. The mass pageant lasted 65 minutes and was divided into five parts, each part showed respect to Chinese leaders in the past and leaders now, from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping. In the evening, a gala(盛会)took place in Tian'anmen Square. The songs, dances and fireworks celebrated the nation and its people.

    President Xi expressed warm National Day congratulations to Chinese people home and abroad. Standing on the Tian'anmen Rostrum in Beijing, where Chairman Mao Zedong announced the founding of the PRC on Oct 1, 1949, Xi recalled Chinese history. He also showed a road map for the country to realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation. He called for efforts to make a better life and to keep making achievements. The parade and celebrations have set off Chinese people's patriotism (爱国心)and a strong sense of pride.