Today was Emily's birthday. She was happy and went home quickly after school.

    “You have to look for your gift on your own，” her sister said. “Here is the first clue(线索).” She gave Emily a piece of paper.

    Emily opened the note and read， “Clue Number 1： Look inside the car.” She found a bone(骨头) for dogs and another note in the car.

    “Clue Number 2： Look at the swing.” On the swing there was a bag of dog food with the third note.

    Again she quickly read the note， “Clue Number 3： Look into the house.” Emily found a dog's leash(皮带) there.

    The note on the leash asked her to go outside. There she saw a beautiful red doghouse.

    Before she got there， a black puppy ran up to her. It had a note on it. The note said， “Happy Birthday， Emily.”

    “Oh， such a cute dog!” she cried. She was so happy. “I will name her Happy， because she made me so happy today，” Emily said.

    A young man went to a job interview in a big company. The director discovered that the young man's college grades were great. He wondered who paid for the young man's education. The young man told him that his parents did and they worked as clothes cleaners.

    The director found that the young man's hands were smooth and perfect. "Have you ever helped your parents wash clothes?" the director asked. "No. My parents always let me study. Besides, my parents can wash clothes faster than me."

    The director asked him to go back home and wash his parents' hands. When he got home, he asked his parents to let him clean their hands. His parents felt strange but happy. Then the young man began to clean their hands slowly.

    His tears fell as he did that. He found that his parents'hands were so old and pale because of long time in water. There were also so much hurt in their hands. He knew the hurt had much to do with his school fees (费用). After cleaning his parents' hands, the young man quietly washed all the rest clothes for them.

    The next morning, the young man went to the director's office. The director noticed the tears in the young man's eyes. He told the young man that he was accepted.

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Our family had lived in Los Angeles for two weeks. "LA is not a bad place, Sonny." Dad said. But I didn't like the city. I missed* Michigan. I missed my old friends and even the trees there.

That afternoon, I went out to find a basketball court*. Dad said there was one around, but it was twenty-minutes' walk away! When I got there, I saw three children playing some kind of one-on-one*. Two of them were taller than me, and one was about my size.

The short boy played well, but the other two were too tall for him. One-on-one wasn't his game. He needed someone to pass to. I went down to the other basket and played alone. Then I heard someone calling me. It was the short boy.

"I'm Louie. Are you coming to join us? Small against* tall."

"Sounds good." I thought for some time. "I'm Sonny."

Louie introduced the other two boys. They were Chuck and David. We nodded to each other and started the game. Like I said, Louie really was a good player. He just needed someone to pass to. Soon, Chuck and David found    ▲   . The score was always close. Both teams had to try our best. In the end, Louie and I didn't win the game, but we made it interesting.

A little later, I saw Dad come. I said goodbye to them.

"Coming back tomorrow?" asked Louie.

"Yeah."

The sun was going down behind pink and orange clouds. On the way back home, Dad said, "Who said Los Angeles doesn't have great sunsets*?"

"LA is not a bad place." I said. Now, it could be home.

A little turtle (乌龟) is climbing a tree. It is very 1 for him to do so. But he does his best to 2 . After a few hours, he gets to the 3 .

Then, he jumps into the air. He flaps(拍打) his front 4 . But in the end, he 5 to the ground (地面). He is badly hurt(受伤). 

A few days later, the little turtle feels much 6 . He slowly climbs up the tree again,  7 , and falls to the ground once more. 

The turtle tries again and again. At the same time, two birds are sitting in another 8 . They are watching this little turtle. Both of them feel 9 for the little turtle. 

Finally, one 10 says to the other, " Dear, I think it's time to tell our little turtle that he's adopted(被收养的). "