Once there lived an unhappy king who slept badly and didn't feel like eating anything. This made1queen and his people worried. A doctor was called in to2 him. The doctor said it's all in his mind instead of his body. So 3medicine nor rest could help him but a shirt of a happy person.

The prime minister was called to the palace. When hearing the king's situation, he said, “Although I have much power, it doesn't make me4. I'm always worried about losing it.”Then, the king's banker came and said he had lots of wealth, but he also worried about losing it. He was never happy, either. Next, the palace singer came and his words were almost the same.

Finally, the top general was told to find a happy man in5time. Luckily, he found a poor man without power, money or fame singing happily on a street. The general asked him6 made him so happy. The poor man answered that he had everything he wanted and he didn't want those he couldn't have. His songs came from the happiness in his heart. When the general asked for the man's shirt,7, the man said, “What shirt? I don't own any shirts!”

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   Two months ago there was a serious earthquake in my country. Many people were hurt and1their homes. In my school, we decided to organize a 5-kilometer run to collect money for the people.2 signed up for the run and asked their relatives and neighbors to support them. These people agreed to 3 some money—50 cents or a dollar, for example, for every kilometer that the students completed.

    Joe was my classmate. He was the 4student in my class because he seldom did any exercise and he ate plenty of junk food. He never walked to school. He always took a bus. When he was asked5he was going to take part in the run, he said he would think about it. A few students laughed and I think Joe felt embarrassed. I felt a bit sorry for 6.

    The next day, as I was riding to school, I saw Joe walking in the street. I stopped and asked him why he was7.He said he was training to take part in the run. “Good for you, Joe!” I said.8, I told my friends about Joe. Most of them just laughed and said that they didn't think he would 9 the run. I wasn't sure, but I decided that I would10 Joe. So, for the two weeks before the run, I was his trainer. He walked to school for a few11. Then he started to run slowly.

    On the day of the run, Joe lined up with the other students. The 12 began and soon Joe was left behind. Well, it took him hours to finish and he didn't expect to13 the other students, but he tried to do his best. And 14 he completed the 5-kilometer run. Everyone was very15and said, “Well done, Joe!” What is more, Joe collected more money than any other student!

    It was a lovely spring afternoon. My classmates and I were playing happily on the playground when I let out a cry, “Ow! Ow! Something in my shoe is biting me.”

    Everyone was shocked（震惊） by the cry. They took me into a classroom and were about to take off my1. “Which foot is it?” One asked “let us have a look.”

    Suddenly, I remembered the holes in2socks. My family was very poor during those years. I wore welfare （福利）socks, which cost only a little, but those3welfare socks didn't last long. They soon had 4at the bottom.

    I refused to take off my shoe. I5stand others seeing the holes in my sock. I tried to hold back my tears. Yet, each time the thing6my shoe bit me, tears raced down my face.

    My teacher, Miss Diane, hurried into the7, “What's wrong?” She asked.

    “Something is biting her right foot,8she doesn't let us take off her shoe,” One of my classmates answered.

    Miss Diane lived next door to me. She9everything about my family .She put both hands on my shaking shoulders and10into my painful and hopeless eyes.

    “Oh, yes, it must be a sock-eating ant,” She said, as if she had11seen the thing inside the shoe. “I had a bite from one of those ants. When I got my shoe off ,it 12almost the whole bottom off my sock.” My classmates nodded while they were listening to the teacher13, although they all looked a little surprised.

Miss Diane took off my right shoe and sock and shook them over the dustbin. Two red ants 14it.

    “Just what I thought it. The ants have eaten part of her sock.” When she stroked an alcohol （酒精）cotton ball on the bites, she added, “You are such a 15girl to take so many bites.”

    The alcohol felt cool on the bites and a little girl's pride was saved by the “sock-eating ant ” story.

    A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clean plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn't want to forgive(原谅) in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person's1and the date on it and put it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were very2.They were then told to carry this bag with them3for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at4. The5carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to(注意) it all the time so that they wouldn't6it or leave it in embarrassing(尴尬的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went7and smelt terrible. Too often we think of tolerance(宽容) as a8to other people, but it clearly is for9! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred(仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to10them around all our lives.

    Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider(蜘蛛) webs on the walls and mice running around. People1coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and2every day. He thought it was poverty(贫穷) that led3his unhappy life.

    One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 4about changing his life. The old man gave him a 5vase(花瓶) and said, "This is a magic vase that will bring you 6."

    The poor man looked at the vase7. He wondered 8he need a vase in his poor house. However, he didn't want to 9away such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.

    "It's not right for something so beautiful to be 10," the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.

    11he was still not satisfied(满意的). "It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web." At this, he started to do some12in the house and paint the walls.

    His house turned into a13place immediately. The poor man cheered up. He suddenly 14that in the past it was his 15that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

    Do you know the movie（电影）, Kung Fu Yoga? Then you must know Jackie Chen. Jackie Chen is a great movie 1. He is fifty years old, but he 2 very young and healthy, because he 3 many good habits. For example, he does 4 every day, he often runs in the morning and swims in the evening 5 two hours. He goes to bed and gets up 6. He usually gets up at seven o'clock. Then he has a glass of milk and an egg for breakfast. At half past twelve, he has some bread and 7 for lunch. Carrot is his favorite vegetable. He doesn't like chicken. He does a lot of work in the afternoon, so he often eats a big 8 in the evening, like rice and fish. After dinner, he has some fruit. He thinks it's good for his health. He doesn't eat cakes, 9 he doesn't want to be fat. His habits are really 10.