I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.

    It was an amazing week for my husband and me ——the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London. I expressed my1  to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to look after our two children and started off.

    During the week's time, we visited London and Paris ——as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful 2we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.

    On our last night in Paris, after we enjoyed the night view of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother3the phone. In a second, my husband's face fell and he looked so worried. I could feel something4 happened.

    “What's wrong?” I asked.

    He didn't answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said5to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and 6 his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.

    At that moment, Paris 7lost its charm(魅力).

    “I don't want to be here! I shouldn't be here! I should be home with my kids!”

    We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …

Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children's bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no 8 sight in the world than your children's faces that greet you at home.

    Once upon a time, there were three brothers named Sam, Tim and Andy. They lived in a small house in the forest. Every day, they cut down trees and sold 1 in the market. Though they lived a good life, they were 2. They all wished for something and felt sad for not having it.

    One day, they saw an old woman bent low with a heavy bag on her back. They 3 to carry the bag to her home. The old woman was in fact a witch (女巫) with magical powers. Pleased with their 4, she decided to help them and asked what they wanted.

    "I want a big house with lots of servants." said Sam.

    "I would like a big farm with good harvest." said Tim.

    "A beautiful 5 would make me happy." said Andy. The old woman promised to make their dreams come true. The three brothers thought she was just joking. However, when reaching home, they were 6 by what they saw: a big house with a doorman and other servants, a yellow farmland with 7 growing well and a beautiful woman who claimed to be Andy's wife. The three brothers' hearts were filled with joy. They thought they were the 8 men in the world.

    However, they soon got tired of what they had and became unhappy again. So they visited the old woman and asked her the secret of 9.

    "Well," said the old woman. "It's all in your own hands. You should learn to be satisfied with what you have. Otherwise you can never really be happy."

    The three brothers 10 the old woman's advice and learnt to appreciate what they had. As a result, they lived happily ever after.

    When I was a little girl, my grandma told me if I planted something in spring, I would get more in autumn. I1what she said without doubt（怀疑）.

    At the age of six, while I was eating a big apple, 2hard pressed against my tongue（舌头）. I spat（吐）it out. It was a(n)3! I was so scared that I cried and ran into my grandma's room. She looked at the tooth and4, "Don't worry, dear. It's a baby tooth. You will have a new tooth in a few5. "

    "A new tooth? In a few months?" I felt very6.

    "Yes, you will have your new teeth7you get old, and you must protect your new teeth well. When you become an old woman, the teeth will fall again. 8at that time, they won't grow again. So it's not9for old people to eat something hard," my grandma said.

    I went out of my grandma's room and thought,"10should I put the tooth?"

    I thought for minutes, and then I had a good11—why not plant it in the garden? If I took good care of it, day after day, maybe it would become a big tree. When12came, there would be many white and strong teeth on the13. I could pick them and send them to some14people. Then they could eat hard things with these teeth.

    Of course my "tooth tree" couldn't15into a big tree at all, but what my grandma said had been in my mind for years.

    One day in class, the teacher held up an apple. She stood on the platform (讲台) and said, "Please 1 it in the air, and…"

    One student 2 his hand and said, "I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple."

    The teacher stepped 3 the platform, passed by each of the students and said, "Smell 4 to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air."

    Half of the students put up their hands to show that they could smell it. The teacher returned to the 5 of the classroom and asked again who else could smell the apple. The rest raised their hands except one boy. The teacher came to the boy and asked, "You really can't smell the apple?"

    The boy answered, "No, I can't smell it. I don't think it's a 6 apple."

The teacher 7 at the boy and said to the class, "He's right! It's not 8 to get the apple smell from this apple."

    All of the other students had been tricked. Some may have thought that perhaps the apple didn't have the apple smell, 9 they didn't dare to speak up. They just 10 the first student blindly and went along with him.

    On 1 1st, Mike decided to play a joke on his friend. At lunchtime he said to Tom, "I think we're going to have a science test(测验) this afternoon."

    "A test?" said Tom. "Really?"

    "Yes, it's quite 2." said Mike. "When I was passing by Mr. Hill's room, he was talking with 3 teacher about test. I think there will 4 a science test this afternoon. Tell Bob and Kate about it."

    Later, Tom told Bob and Kate about the test. 5 almost all the students in Mr. Hill's science class knew about it. They quickly went into the classroom and began to 6.

    But not Mike. He was laughing to himself 7 his classmates. "That fools!" he thought. "April fools."

    When class began, Mr. Hill said to the students.

    "Class, we're going to have a test today."

    Mike was surprised. He could not 8 what to do.

    When Mr. Hill handed out the 9, the students began to write. But not Mike. He 10 think and think and think.

    It really was April Fools' Day for Mike.