Kathy could still remember the night she had to leave her home Hungary in a hurry. It was the terrible beginning of World War Ⅱ and her family had to leave their country as soon as possible. She quickly filled a bag with a few pieces of clothing, her diary, and her treasure—a beautiful silk scarf (围巾).

    Kathy and her best friend, Monica, had asked their parents to buy them matching scarves. They each would wear the scarf as a symbol of their friendship. Kathy had no idea that she was going to America that night and would not be returning forever.

    Kathy kept that special silk scarf as a treasure for many years. One day she decided to give it to her granddaughter, Eliza, to wear to her first job interview for good luck. Kathy was afraid that Eliza would lose the scarf, but the granddaughter promised, "Don't worry, Grandma, nothing's going to happen to your scarf. You'll see. It is going to bring both of us good luck today." And with that, Eliza kissed her grandmother and left for the interview.

    That afternoon Eliza left the interview happily, feeling sure that she had got the job. So she decided to celebrate by going to a restaurant. As she was sitting at her table, she felt someone looking at her. An old woman sitting next to her could not take her eyes away from her.

    "I'm sorry, do I know you?" Eliza asked.

    "I'm sorry, dear, but you make me think of someone I once knew," the old woman replied. "My best friend looked just like you and used to wear a scarf just like the one you're wearing around your neck." Eliza listened carefully, with her eyes and mouth wide open. She had heard stories of her grandmother's best friend many times and knew the meaning of the scarf. Could this be Monica, her grandmother's childhood friend?

    Eliza introduced herself and waited to hear the name of the old woman.

    "My name's Monica, dear. I lived in Hungary as a child, but my family had to leave when I was fourteen years old. I've been living here in California ever since." said the old woman.

    Eliza could not believe her ears…

Each of us makes mistakes from time to time.In fact，we can get a lot from our mistakes.

Donnie was a 1 student and he never answered questions in class.He was afraid that he would 2 .He never finished his homework because he didn't want to make any mistakes.Nothing changed until Mary，a teacher，came to our class.

One morning，Mary asked David to answer some 3 .After a while，he was in tears because he made a mistake.4 ，Mary got a box filled with erasers from the desk.

Look, Donnie," she said standing beside him. "I have something to5 you，"She took out the erasers，one at a time，Donnie？"she continued."Do you know why these erasers 6 smaller and smaller？That's because we make mistakes，but we eraser（擦掉） them and try 7 .We get to know the world through making many mistakes."Donnie 8 Mary and smiled.

Donnie 9 a lot from then on.He is not shy now because he knows that everyone might make mistakes and he should learn from them and try again.He feels 10 in classes too.

Fred had something important to tell his family. Everyone in his family 1 to sit at the dinner table and listen.

"I'm going to take part in the Olympics," he said.

"2 a fourth-grader do that?" asked Anna, his younger sister.

"I'm not going now. I'll go when I'm a little 3 ." Fred shook his head. "I've studied 4 the athletes become the best. That is practice. If I practice 5 enough, I can't fail."

"Sounds like a big challenge," said Dad. "Which sport will you take up?"

"I 6 up my mind yet," said Fred.

After a month's practice, Fred got hurt again and again when he 7 to find out which sport for him. "I don't think I can find a sport right 8 me," said Fred.

The following Sunday, the family sat down for dinner as usual.

"I've decided not to play a sport," said Fred.

Everyone was surprised.

"You're giving up on 9 Olympic dream?" said Anna.

"I didn't say I was giving up," said Fred. "I'm still going to the Olympics."

Anna looked puzzled. "How can you go 10 you don't do a sport?"

Fred held up a book titled Is Sports Medicine the Career for You? "Over the past few weeks, I've discovered that athletes need 11 medical help. So I am going to become 12 sports doctor. I'll still go to the Olympics — 13 as a doctor, not an athlete." Fred answered confidently.

"Now that is 14 challenge, Fred!" said Dad. "I'm sure you would do as well as you can 15 your dream."