“It's nice having a friend,” said Mole (鼹鼠) to Rabbit as they sat talking in the sun one day.

    “Oh, it is!” said Rabbit.“Very useful, too, 1 if you need help. 2, I think I'd like Bull(公牛) to be my friend.”

    “But I'm your friend!” said Mole, feeling 3.

    “Oh, yes,” said Rabbit.“You are good for talking to and laughing with, 4you are too small. When I need help, I 5 someone big and strong like Bull.He would be a very good friend to have. It would be 6 shouting for him when I need help.”

    Mole went off in anger.

    “Oh，well，I need to 7 something,” Rabbit thought.

    He moved along 8 he found a tiny garden.He had just started on his first leaf when there was a big 9. People were shouting and dogs were barking(吠叫).Rabbit was so afraid and in such a 10 to get away that he ran into the wrong hole.

    The hole was too 11 and Rabbit got stuck(被卡住).He could not 12 at all.

    “Help!” cried Rabbit.

    Mole 13 him.He ran up to see what was the matter.

    “Help!” cried Rabbit.“I'm stuck in this hole.”

    “If you want help,” said Mole，“I'd better 14 Bull.”

    “No!” cried Rabbit.“He's no good! He's too big to get into this 15.You're just the right 16! Please help me，Mole!”

    So Mole began digging around Rabbit.He 17 so fast that Rabbit was 18 soon.

    “I'm sorry, Mole.I was 19,” Rabbit said.“I'm 20 I have you for a friend.” And so the two good friends set off for home together.

    During the course of a lifetime, we all make mistakes. And, often we take for granted what we have. We think that we surely1what we already have. We also believe that we will never need anyone to2us out from difficult and changing times. Cecilia, not her real name, had a great job, a nice house and everything she3 She was4 not a kind person for several reasons that became obvious5you got to know her.

    It was very clear that she6pity for others who were not as fortunate as she was. She would not help anyone, nor would she even begin to express any7for anyone in trouble. Her8was that they were just lazy or that they were deserving because they had personal problems.

    But, then9the fateful day. Her husband got into financial difficulty, to the point, where he was10to declare bankruptcy（破产）. Now, she found that she was the one who had11 She was desperate for help. She found out that even her12were unwilling to help her but13for her, her husband's family was willing and able to help them through these difficult times despite the fact that she had14them from her life. I wish I could give you a beautiful ending to this story of help but I15cannot. Even though Cecilia was assisted

    16challenging times, once over, she17her true self.

    As we all know, we all need help somewhere along life's18whether we think we will or not. If you have remained19you should try your best to help those that need your hand. If you20through life helping, caring, forgiving, you will always have your own special fan club — it is those who always love and respect you.

    Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his 1 and traveling.

    Then, after returning to the United States from a 2 trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the 3 of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place 4 him. The material between his bones became 5.

    In less than one week after his return, he could not 6. Every move that he 7 was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins' problem and he might never 8 his illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up 9.

    Mr. Cousins thought that 10 thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. 11, he felt that happy thoughts or 12 might cure his illness.

    He began to 13 on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the 14 gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

    15 the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 16 his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping 17 he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well 18 to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 19.

    After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to 20.

    There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. And he was given a slingshot(弹弓)to play with. He1in the woods, but he could never hit the2. Getting a little discouraged, he3back for dinner.

    As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse (冲动), he let fly, hit the duck in the head, and killed it. He was shocked and upset. In 4, he hid the dead duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister5. Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.

    6lunch that day Grandma said, "Sally, it is your turn to wash the dishes." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen today, didn't you, Johnny?" And then she spoke 7to him, "Remember the duck?"

    So Johnny 8the dishes. Later Grandpa asked if 9wanted to go fishing, but Grandma said, " I'm sorry, but I need Sally to help make supper." But Sally10and said, "Well, that's all right11Johnny told me he wanted to help." Remembering the duck, Johnny had to stay at home and Sally went fishing.

    After several days of Johnny's doing12his various small tasks and Sally's, he finally couldn't13it any longer. He came to Grandma and 14that he killed the duck. She 15down, gave him a hug, and said, "Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I  16the whole thing. But because I love you, I 17you. However, I was just 18how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."

    "Whenever we do something 19, Jesus Christ sees it. He loves us and doesn't say it. My honey, do take responsibility 20 your errors and don't keep your mind suffering." Grandma added.

    Ferdinand de Lesseps, once a French diplomat(外交官)，became 1 with the cultures of the Mediterranean(地中海)and Middle East and the growth of western European 2. But in 1849 he retired after a disagreement with the French government.

    In 1854,3his expectation, he returned to Egypt, 4 he was given a warm welcome and, soon afterwards, permission to begin work 5 the Suez Canal. De Lesseps had been 6 by reading about Napoleon's abandoned plans for a 7 that would allow large ships wishing to sail to the east to go8 from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, therefore 9 out the long sea journey around Africa.

    De Lesseps' plan was 10 by an International commission of engineers, but failed to win the support of the British government, 11 de Lesseps making a number of trips to London. He persevered and 12 attracted financial support from the French emperor Napoleon III and others.

    De Lesseps was no 13 ­ his achievement lay 14 organizing the necessary political and financial backing, and providing the technical support 15for such a huge project. 16 began in April 1859, and the Suez Canal was 17in November 1869. British attitudes changed when the canal was seen to be a 18and de Lesseps was treated as a great celebrity (名人) on his later visit to Britain. In 1875, the Egyptian government sold its 19, in the canal and the British prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli, 20effective control of the Canal Company.

    Haze Mabry has just turned 80 years old, and on his birthday, just like every other day, he reported to Pike County Elementary in Georgia where he works as a cleaner, prepared to clean.

    But to his1, that day was different from any other day. Just as he was settling in for a day of work, he was2by more than 750 people, including students, teachers and staff,3the hallways.

    The students had made handmade4and banners(横幅), and they all sang happy birthday and shouted his name as he5by.

    "They're like my children ," Mabry said in a(n)6with The Washington Post ."I'm like the old lady in the shoe."

    Mabry makes a point of interacting(互动)with the7when he can ."I know the little faces, but I don't know every8,"Mabry said ."Some of them make you know them."

    The unexpected celebration at school9Mabry how valued(珍视) he is by students and teachers alike ."He's the most10person in this whole building ,"said teacher Lori Gilreath, who11his surprise ."He won't brag(吹嘘) on himself, but it doesn't12what he's doing or where he is, he will13stop what he's doing to take care of a child if that child is having a14day."

    Haze spent the whole following weekend15the pile of handwritten cards he16!

    Maybe we can't all organize something as17as this birthday celebration, but it's a18:take any chance you get to make someone's day19, and let them know how they are valued! It can make much20.