The great Zen（禅宗）teacher, Benzei had many pupils. One day, one of them was caught because of stealing things by other students. And they reported him to Benzei, but he took no action against the boy.

    A few days later, the same boy stole another student's things and was again caught. And again Benzei did nothing. This made the other students angry, and they wrote a petition(请愿书) to ask the teacher to send away the thief from school. They all threatened to leave if the boy was allowed to stay.

    The teacher called a meeting of the students. When they had arrived, he said to them, "You are good boys who know what is right and what is wrong. If you leave, you will have no trouble in joining any other school. But what about your brother who does not even know the difference between right and wrong? Who will teach him if I don't? No, I cannot ask him to go even if it means losing all of you. "

   Tears coursed down(流下) the cheeks of the boy who had stolen. From then on, he never stole again and became an honest man.

    One day, I was cooking with my friend Sandy in the kitchen. Suddenly, Sandy cut her finger. I went to her quickly. But to my surprise, I saw computer chips in her finger.

    "Now you know my secret, you have to die!" Sandy said and picked up the knife. "No, please, Sandy. Aren't we good friends?" I shouted. But before Sandy could say anything, she fainted.

    "Oh, Sandy!" I took her to hospital in a hurry. After a doctor checked her, he said, "I'm afraid we can't help her. Why don't you take her to a robot centre?"

    I hurried to a robot centre. A few days later, Sandy was well. She asked, "Mary, why did you save me even after I tried to kill you? "

    "Because I'm sure you are my friend. Can you tell me where you are from?" "I'm from another planet. It's far from here. Thank you, my friend Now I see how friendly people are on the earth." Two days later, a UFO came and picked her up. Since then I've never seen her.

Last summer,Cathy's whole family went to New York City for their summer vacation. They stayed there for two weeks.

New York City has more than seven and a half million people.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} It is also the home of the United Nations.

First they visited the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is one of New York's most well-known places.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} On the second day they went to the Empire State Building. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}From the top of the building, they saw most parts of New York. On the third day they visited the Metropolitan Museum.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} During the rest time of the week, Cathy went to Bronx Zoo with her younger brother and sister. There they were glad to see a lot of their favourite animals-tigers, lions, monkeys, and elephants.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} On the island, they spent most of their time swimming sunbathing and playing on the beach. They all had a good time.

Zu Ti was a great man of Jin Dynasty. He was 1 for his hard work and great achievements. But when he was a child，he was a naughty(顽皮的) boy who showed little 2 in reading. As he grew up，Zu Ti 3 he didn't have enough knowledge. And he deeply felt that he could not serve his country well. So he made up 4 mind to study hard. 

Zu Ti had a 5 friend named Liu Kun. They had a deep friendship. So they stayed together every day. They even slept on one bed every night and 6 at the same time every morning. One day，when they were 7 ，Zu Ti heard the rooster crowing(打鸣)．An 8 came to him. He woke up Liu Kun and said，"How about getting up to play swords(剑)？" 9 he was still sleepy，Liu Kun agreed with Zu Ti gladly. From then on，they got up and played swords as10 as the rooster began crowing. They kept their words day after day. They never gave up no matter how 11 in winter or hot in summer. Besides，they began to study history 12 and put all their energy into reading books. 13 this way，they learned a great deal of knowledge and made much progress. A few years later，14 of them grew up with talents and wisdom. At last，their 15 came true and they made great contributions to their country. 

This is the Chinese idiom story To Rise with the Rooster. 

Hello, my name is Li Ming. I am making a birthday chart for my family.

My birthday is in June. My mother's birthday is in June. My grandpa's birthday is in June. My grandpa is in America. He lives with Uncle Bill and Aunt Mary. So I usually send him an e- card on his birthday.

There are two birthdays in November, my father's and Cousin Alice's. Alice likes dolls, so I often send her some beautiful dolls.

My grandma's birthday is in April. It is very warm and nice in April. When her birthday comes, we often go hiking.

This is my chart, I love my family.