Do you know any 9-year-olds who have started their own museums? When Theodore Roosevelt was only nine, he and two of his cousins opened the "Roosevelt Museum of Natural History". The museum was in Theodore's bedroom. It had a total of 12 specimens. On display were a few seashells, some dead insects, and some birds' nests. Young Roosevelt took great pride in his small museum.

    Born in New York in 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was not always healthy. "I was a sickly boy", he once wrote. Roosevelt had a health condition called asthma. He often found it hard to breathe. Instead of playing, he watched nature and then read and wrote about it.

    Roosevelt's interest in nature sometimes got him into trouble. Once, his mother found several dead mice in the icebox. She demanded that the mice be thrown out. This was indeed "a loss to science", Roosevelt said later.

    Because Roosevelt was often sickly as a boy, his body was small and weak. When he was about 12, his father asked him to improve his body. Roosevelt began working out in a gym. He didn't become strong quickly. But he did decide to face life's challenges with a strong will. That determination stayed with Roosevelt his whole life. And eventually his body did get strong. As an adult, he was an active and healthy person. He enjoyed adventures, and he loved the outdoors.

    A toy company named the teddy bear for Theodore "Teddy". After knowing that, Roosevelt refused to shoot a baby bear while hunting.

    In 1900, at the age of 41, Roosevelt was elected Vice President. A year later, President McKinley, was shot and killed. Roosevelt became our 26^th President. At 42, he was the youngest leader the country had ever had.

Two frogs lived in a village all their lives. They would like to go and see the big city. It was about 20 km away from their village. 

They talked about it for a long time, and at last they went to see the big city. 

It was a hot day, and they soon felt tired. They only walked a little way when one said to the other, "We must be near there. Can you see the city? " "No, " said the other frog. "But if I climb on your back, I may be able to see it. "So that small frog climbed up on the back of the big frog to see the city.

Now when the small frog put up his head, his eyes could only see what was behind, and not what was in front. So he saw the village they just left. 

"Can you see the city? " asked the big frog.

"Yes, " answered the small frog. "I can see it.    ▲    "

Then the frogs went back and said to the frogs around the village, "We saw the city, and it was just like our village. "

For many children, their birthday is their favorite day. They like spending it with their parents and friends. All parents want to hold (举办) wonderful birthday parties for their children.

Last Saturday was Tom's fourth birthday. His mother, Mrs. Green, helped him to invite six friends to their house. She held a very nice party for Tom.

Mrs. Green prepared for the party for a long time. She thought about their ages, the activities, the time, the food, the cake and the gifts. She said,"Don't let the party last(持续) too long. For children's party, 90 minutes or two hours is enough. "At the party, Mrs.Green chose a nice cake for the children. She also prepared some gifts for them. They were very happy.

One day Ram was lost on his way home and went into a forest. He walked in the forest and saw a den (洞穴) . He went inside and saw a lion there. He was so scared that he ran out{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. At that time, an elephant came and said, "Don't worry. I will be your friend." Great! Could you tell me the way out of the forest? " asked Ram. But the elephant did not know the way either. They walked and walked{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the elephant was trapped in a cage. To save the elephant, Ram asked all the animals in the forest for help, but they could do {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. So Ram had to wait. At last, when the man slept, Ram took the key from his bag and opened the cage. The elephant thanked Ram very much. He called {#blank#}4{#/blank#}elephants and trumpeted (吼叫) with them.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the sound, some people came to the forest and took Ram home.

24-year-old Liu Wenyue is a young hanfu designer (设计师) . And she has her own clothes business in Zhejiang. Do you know {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Liu started the clothes business?

 Liu liked drawing at a young age and practiced drawing hard. When she was in college, Liu got interested {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hanfu. She thought the traditional Chinese clothing was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( pretty) than others. However, Liu didn't have enough money to buy hanfu., {#blank#}4{#/blank#} she decided to design one herself. After Liu completed her first design, she shared it online. To her surprise, a hanfu businessman loved her design and wanted {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( buy) it. He also provided Liu with useful advice and led her own hanfu industry(工作室). She has designed about 500 sets of hanfu. Lots of the clothes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}( make) in the factory. One of the most popular hanfu is the horse-faced skirt.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}( it) Chinese name is Mamianqun. Many young people love it.

 Liu also learns from some traditional Chinese {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( painting) for her design. She thinks the flowers, birds and rocks in them look {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( live).

 Now Liu has many orders from foreign countries. She feels happy that the traditional Chinese clothing is spreading {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( wide). "Hanfu is able to fit people of all ages. I hope that more people will enjoy wearing hanfu," Liu said.