In a faraway kingdom, there was a river. It was the home to many golden swans (天鹅). The swans spent most of their time in the river. Every six months, the swans would leave a golden feather (羽毛) as a paying for using the river. The soldiers of the kingdom would collect the feathers and gave them to the king.

    One day, a homeless bird saw the river. "The water in this river seems so cool and nice. I will make my home here," thought the bird.

    The minute the bird landed near the river, the golden swans noticed her. They came shouting, "This river belongs to us! We pay a golden feather to the king to use this river. You can not live here."

    "I am homeless, brothers. I will also pay. Please give me a place to live in," the bird pleaded (乞求). "How can you pay for it? You do not have golden feathers," said the swans, laughing. They added, "Stop dreaming and leave at once." The poor bird pleaded many times. But the arrogant (傲慢的) swans still drove the bird away.

"I will teach them a lesson!" decided the bird, feeling angry.

    She went to the king and said, "Oh, my king! The swans in your river are rude and unkind. I pleaded for a home but they said that they had paid to live in the river with golden feathers."

    The king was angry with the arrogant swans for having driven the homeless bird away. He ordered his soldiers to bring the swans to his palace. In no time, all the golden swans were brought to the king's palace.

"Do you think our kingdom depends on your golden feathers? You can not decide who lives by the river. Leave the river at once or I will kill you!" shouted the king.

    On hearing the king's words, the swans flew away sadly. The bird built her home near the river and lived there happily. She gave homes to all other birds who came to the river.

    Hershey chocolate is famous around the world. The man who began it, Milton Hershey, was glad to share the fruits of success with others.

    Milton Hershey was born on 13 September, 1857. In 1871, he started working for a local printer. But he didn't like this kind of work and ended the job quickly. Later, he helped make candy in a factory. After a few years, Milton knew that he was a good candy maker and he wanted to start his own candy business. In 1886, he started a caramel (焦糖) business, and four years later his business was very successful. After seeing how chocolate was made. Milton loved it right away. He got married and sold the caramel company for one million dollars and opened up a chocolate factory.

    Milton built a town with houses, schools, and stores so the workers in his factory could live nearby. As Milton made more money, he built a school for orphans (孤儿). When his wife died, Milton took all of his money and gave it to the school to help those children. He also set up the M. S. Hershey Foundation to help people get an education.

    Milton Hershey died in 1945, but the world remembers him for not only making chocolate, but for his work to help people. He is someone who built a town and helped people get jobs. He is someone who built a school for children who did not have families. He is someone who helped those who were sick and someone who made that chocolate, that delicious chocolate which most of us throughout me world enjoy.

Art class was over,but Sarah sat glued to her chair.She didn't draw anything.Sarah's teacher looked at the blank paper.

"Ah! A polar bear in a snowstorm,"she said.

"Very funny!"said Sarah."I just CAN'T draw!"

Her teacher smiled."Just draw something and see where it takes you."

Sarah grabbed a marker and gave the paper a good,strongjab(戳)."There!"

Her teacher then studied the paper carefully."Hmmm."She pushed the paper toward Sarah and said,"Now  sign(签名)it."

Sarah thought for a moment."Well,maybe I can't draw,but I CAN sign my name."

The next week,when Sarah walked into art class,she was surprised to see what was hanging above her teacher's desk.It was the little dot she had drawn-HER DOT!All framed (装裱)in gold!

"Hmmph!I can make a better dot than THAT!"She opened her never-before-used set of watercolors and set to work.

She painted and painted.

A yellow dot.

A green dot.

A red dot

A blue dot

The blue mixed with the red.She found out that she could make a purple dot.Sarah kept experimenting,creating lots of little dots in many colors.

"If I can make little dots,I can make big dots,too!"Sarah splashed her colors with a bigger brush on bigger paper to make bigger dots.

At the school art show a few weeks later,people loved Sarah's many dots.She found a little boy gazing up at her

"You are really a great artist.I wish I could draw,"he said.

"I bet you can,"said Sarah.

 "ME?No,not me.I can't draw a straight(直的)line with a ruler."

Sarah smiled.She handed the boy a blank sheet of paper."Show me."The boy's pencil shook (发抖)as he drew his line.

Sarah stared at the boy's squiggle(波浪线).And then she said…"Please,sign it."

Everyone wants to have a good friend, and wants to keep friendship for long. Then what can we do to keep friendship for a long time? Friendship is like a seed (种子). If all the conditions (条件) are right and you really look after it well, then you'll have a strong plant. It will go on to grow bigger and better as time passes by. If it's what you want, keep the advice in mind. 

Spend time around people you'd like to be friends with, and join in with their plans. If you don't agree with their plans, say no in a friendly way, "I like that idea but maybe we could …"

 Be a good listener, so that others know that you're really interested in what they're saying. 

Get to know people well by sharing"safe (安全的)" ideas with them first. It might be something about TV shows or your favourite football team. It isn't always safe to tell someone very personal things about yourself, like things you might be worried about or afraid of. 

Be positive! Don't feel sad about something terrible, and you learn how to deal with sadness. Talk about the good things in your life. No one wants to be troubled by problems all the time. 

The most important thing is that you have to be a good friend if you want a good friend. 

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On the bottom of most plastic packaging(包装), there's a small triangle(三角) with a letter or number written inside. These little symbols are not easy to be noticed, but are really important. They tel you what kind of plastic it is and whether it can be recycled (回收) or not.