It was Mother's Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother's Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs（丁香）in the garden.

    Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said, "I know where we can find all that you want. Get the children and come on. "So they went, driving down the country roads.

    There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs. The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers. Carefully, she picked a few here and a few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face.

    When they were passing a nursing home（养老院）, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. She had no children with her. They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny thanked her again and again. She smiled happily, too.

    When the young mother came back to her car, her children asked her, "Who is that old granny？Why did you give our flowers to her？"

    "I don't know her," their mother said. "But it's Mother's Day, and she has no children. I have all of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flowers meant to her."

    Corky was a brave young man and he dreamed of becoming the best fighter in the world.

    To become stronger and get better fighting skills, he went to many schools. One day, he went to the best school in the world. Before entering the gate, he was made to hand in all his weapons (武器).

    "You won't need those any more. Here you'll get better ones," said the guard. Corky handed his weapons to him. A serious old teacher took Corky to his room. Before he left, he said to Corky, "In a hundred days the training will start." A hundred days! At first Corky thought that was a joke, but he soon realized the old teacher had been serious. Corky felt nervous during the first days and he tried many ways to try to get the teacher to start the training. However, it didn't work. At last Corky waited patiently and enjoyed each day in the school.

    "You've already learned how to use your main weapon—patience," said the old teacher. Corky could hardly believe it, but he really understood that the teacher was right. Finally, the lesson began. "Now it's time to learn how to win every fight," said the old teacher. That sounded good to Corky until he found himself tied hand and foot. Many villagers tried to hit him because they were told that Corky was a dangerous man. The same thing was repeated for days, and Corky knew he had to do something. He realized that the only way would be to deal with the villagers' anger (怒气). In the following days, Corky kept talking to them until he managed to make them believe that he was not an enemy. In the end, the villagers made friends with Corky.

    Finally, Corky knew what the most powerful weapon was. He said thanks to the teacher and left.

The American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a bestseller all over the world. It teaches people how to face1 in their lives. The book tells us that when facing a new situation in our life，like a new school or new friends，we shouldn't fear. 2 ，use them to make a better life. This book is mainly for teens. 

The book gives a（n）3 of that at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because the number of students there is getting4 . Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are5 . But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice，two "little people" and some cheese. 

The four are in a maze （迷宫） looking for the cheese. Here，cheese means something6 in life. But they find the cheese IS gone. The mice realize that they can't change what7 and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people can't do this. They are afraid of changes so they find8 . 

9 Chris finishes the story，the friends understand one thing：10 more cheese，move in a new direction quickly. His friends now understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face，such as doing well at school or feeling good about yourself. 

Little George lived in a poor village. One summer afternoon, George's mother sent him to the field to pick up some dried wood for the fire.

By the time the sun was high, George was very 1 and wished for a cool place to rest and have some food. As he walked on, he found some shade (阴凉处), and by it were some fine, wild 2 .

"How good these will be with my bread and butter," thought George. He 3 all of the strawberries and couldn't wait to lift one of them to his mouth. Suddenly he remembered his sick 4 , alone in her dark, cold room in the village.

With this in mind, he put the strawberry back again. "Shall I save them for her?" he asked himself. He thought how refreshing (提神的) they would be for her, 5 was still looking at them with a longing (渴望的) eye. "I will eat half, and take 6 half to her," he said. He divided them into two parts, but each part looked so small. He put them together again.

"I will only eat one," he thought.

But, as he again lifted it to his mouth, he saw that he had taken the 7 , and he put it back.

When the sun was beginning to sink, George left for home. How 8 he felt, then, that he had all his strawberries for his sick mother.

He heard his mother's faint (虚弱的) voice calling him. "Is that you, George? I'm glad you've 9 . I'm thirsty, and am longing for some tea."

George ran to her and joyfully offered the strawberries.

"And you saved them for your sick mother, didn't you?" she said, laying her hand 10 on his head, with tears in her eyes.

Every morning, Toad gets up and knows he has a lot to do. He writes down all the 1 and makes a list（清单）:

●get up;     ●eat breakfast;     ●go to Frog's house;

●walk with Frog;     ●eat lunch;     ●play a game 2 Frog;

●go home;     ●eat dinner;     ●go to sleep

Toad 3 think he can do everything well without the list.

He starts his day with breakfast 4 happily gets it off the list. Then he puts the list in 5 bag and goes to Frog's house. When he 6 there, he shows Frog his list. A strong wind（风） comes. It takes 7 list away from Toad. Frog runs fast to help but it is 8 to catch the list. Toad feels sad, because he knows there 9 still many things to do.

Frog says to Toad, "10 to sleep". Toad writes Frog's words on the ground. They lie down and quickly fall asleep, feeling happy.

A three-year-old boy's dream of flying like the Superman came true.

The boy is Luke Campbell. He's really 1 to see his dream come true. However, 2 unlucky about him is that he has serious heart disease（病）.He 3 going to hospital when he was just six years old. Now,even the doctors are not sure 4 he is able to live.

A charity（慈善机构） heard about Luke and5 to help him. When they asked him about his 6 ,he chose to fly as the Superman. It is because his7 always calls him "Mom's little superhero" or "Super Luke".

On that day,his mother helped him8 like Superman. With a rope and with a special machine（机器）,the charity made him 9 in the air just like the Superman. When Luke was flying, 10 smiled happily and said, "I'm flying on my own,aren't I?"

It was 11 to see him being so happy and enjoying himself,and there was no one there 12 .He 13 do anything he wanted.

His mother said, "The wish made Luke be a child for the day,away from 14 and doctors."

Luke isn't going to stay with his family forever（永远），15 he left a special day for them to remember.