Mike and Bill are reading a story after the party.

    One rainy day, Dad took us to school by car. "Good day for ducks," he said. At the school gate, Dad walked like a duck and made duck noises, "quack, quack, quack!"

    The next day it was rainy again. We said to Mum, "We don't want to go to school with Dad. He embarrassed us." Then we told Mum about the duck noises.

    Dad came in from the shower. Mum said to him, "The children don't want you to take them to school. You made duck noises and embarrassed them." Dad said, "If I want to make duck noises, I'll make duck noises!" He went out of the door and ran in the rain, crying, "Quack, quack, quack!"

    "Be quick!" laughed Mum. "Let's lock(锁上) the doors!" We locked all the doors and Dad couldn't come in. He stood in the rain. "Let me in!" "No more duck noises," said Mum. "All right," he said. "No more duck noises."

    That morning we went to school in Dad's car.  He laughed, "Good day for frogs(青蛙). Croak, croak, croak!"

Amy: What's your favourite food, Mike?

Mike: Beef. It's delicious.

Amy: Do you like apples?

Mike: Yes, I do. And they're healthy. What about you?

Amy: I like apples, too.

    It's one o'clock in the afternoon. The park is quiet. A young boy is sleeping under a big tree, with a book on his face. Next to the boy, a girl is listening to music. A dog beside the girl is playing with a ball. The ice cream man is taking a nap (打盹). There is a bird on his fridge. In the lake, some ducks are swimming. A man and a woman are having a picnic by the lake. An old man with a hat is fishing. He is taking a nap, too. A cat is eating his fish. A kite is flying in the sky.

    "Oh, my son!" a lady cried. Her baby fell into the river. The water carried him away quickly. A man came and said, "Can you give me the clothes or shoes of your son?

    The lady gave him a pair of shoes. The man turned to his dog. He first pointed to the shoes, and then to where the child had sunk(下沉).

    The dog jumped into the river. Soon people saw him swim back with something in his mouth. When people pulled the child and the dog from the water, everyone was happy. The lady ran to her son. The child was alive! "Oh, sir. Thanks for saving my baby. I'd love to give you anything to buy the dog!"

    It seemed that the dog knew they were talking about him. He lay down beside his owner's feet and seemed to say, "Nothing shall part(分开)."