John is thirteen now. He began to study in a middle school two years ago. His home is in a village and it's nearly five kilometres away from the school. He has to get up early in the morning. After quick breakfast he has to run to school and get there on time. His father hopes to borrow some money to buy a bike for him, but John knows his mother is always ill and that his father spends much money on medicine. He doesn't agree with his father and keeps running there every day. Now he's very strong. He is never late for class and his teachers often praise him.

    Last week there was a sports meeting in his school. John ran faster than any other boy in the boys' 800—metre race, 1, 500—metre race and 3, 000—metre race. The whole school knew him. He was happy. He told his grandma about the good news as soon as he got home.

    "I broke two school records today, Granny, "called out the boy.

    To his surprise, the old woman wasn't happy. She thought for a while and I'm sorry to hear that. But we have no money to pay for them, you know!

    One weekend, Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, went shopping with her parents. She asked her parents to buy a toy she wanted. Instead of giving her money to buy the toy, Taylor's father encouraged her to make money by herself. "How can I make money?" Taylor thought for a while and had an idea, "Why not make cakes and sell them at church to raise money to buy the toy?"

    The next day, Taylor started her plan. She first needed some money for tools and materials. So she borrowed $40 from her parents and promised to pay it back. Then she began to make cakes by herself. To her parents' surprise, she made $175 by selling the cakes that Sunday.

    Everyone thought Taylor would buy the toy she wanted. She certainly had made enough money for it, but she didn't. Instead, Taylor decided to buy business cards and had her father's phone number on them. Then she began handing the cards out. More people knew Taylor and came to buy her cakes. Even large companies began to try buying her delicious cakes.

    Though Taylor has made a lot of money, she still works hard at school. She also likes to take part in other activities. So Taylor must carefully manage her time. For example, instead of watching TV after school, Taylor might have to bake(烘焙) a lot of cakes for customers. When she has dance lessons on some days, she needs to get her baking done on time so she isn't late for class.

    Making cakes may take time and be hard work, but Taylor sees the fun in it. "I think making cakes is mostly my hobby." she says. She also decorates(装饰) the boxes that are used to pack the cakes. Taylor uses all kinds of decorations to make sure each box looks special for her customers. People love the extra feeling Taylor gives them by decorating the boxes, so more and more people come for her cakes.

    Taylor's cakes are becoming very popular. She achieves a sweet success.

On the stage of America's Got Talent, 11-year-old Tyler Butler Figueroa played the violin well. Also, he touched many people's hearts {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his story. Tyler comes from North Carolina {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he was four years old, he had a health problem and started to lose hair. He felt sad. The feeling got even {#blank#}3{#/blank#} when his classmates laughed at his look. And they stayed away from him. One day, Tyler saw a flyer (小传单) for free after-school violin lessons at school. He knew he was not {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in music, but he decided to learn to play the violin. "I practiced {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in my room every day," he said. "{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the violin could help me to forget the bad things." Tyler's mother said the violin made him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} again and she felt like she had her son back. Tyler stood strong, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he had to face those bad things. He {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a book. He wanted to share his story with other kids like {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and told them to be strong.

Long time ago, there was a king(国王) in England. He was kind but too lazy(懒惰) . He would do1 except(除了) eating and sleeping. Soon he became 2 and heavy. Later, he couldn't even move his body. He thought he was ill.3 no doctors in his country could help him. 

One day, an4 man heard about the king's story. He wanted to give him a 5 . The king decided to let him try. 

The old man lived far away. He said to the king, "I'll try6 best to help you. You need to come to me for treatment(治疗) tomorrow. But you have to walk here." " Certainly, kind man. I'll do so, " the king answered(答复，回答). 

The next day the king went to the man's house early. After he arrived, the king found only the man's7 was at home. The son told the 8 to come the next day. He came every day for two weeks, but he 9 saw the old man.10 the king became angry, he found he became light. He realized(明白) why the old man asked him to walk far. 

Walking can exercise people's body. It's easy and doesn't cost money.

Here are some accidents which often happen to children:

◆ Scalds (烫伤) — Small children don't understand that hot water and hot drinks can be dangerous. It only takes a cup of tea or coffee, or a bath that's very hot to scald a child badly. 

◆ Falls— Children of all ages fall and hurt themselves from time to time. For babies, the danger is rolling off the edge (从边缘滚下来) of something like beds, chairs or tables. It's very easy for babies of two to four to fall off a piece of furniture, down the stairs, out of a window or off a balcony (阳台).

◆ Burns— Many children die in house fires and more are badly burnt. A cigarette (香烟) can easily start a fire. A child can also be burnt by a hot iron or matches. 

◆ Cuts— Glass causes the most serious cuts. So keep away from broken bottles, doors or windows.