Andi Davise, 49, regularly crossed the trail through the Phoenix Mountains Preserve with a few other hikers before sunrise. This morning, however, she met nobody and heard only the sounds of animals.

    Some time later, Andi got to the steep slope(陡坡), she climbed up to the top by using her hands. When she finally reached the top, she noticed a dark shape several inches from her left foot. She was frightened and then looked carefully. "It's a dog and it's dead." she said to herself. It took her a few seconds to realize that the dog's eyes were open. A thin, dirty bull dog was looking at her.

    She greeted in a low and soft voice to show she was friendly. The bull dog shook when he heard her voice.

    Andi inched closer and dropped some water into the dog's mouth. He tried to stand up but failed. Something was wrong with his left front leg. Andi pulled out her phone to contact her husband, Jason, but he didn't respond. She knew that if she didn't carry the dog down the mountain, he would die.

She carefully put her arms under the dog's body. He was so weak that he fell into her chest.

    Andi had great trouble going down the steep, rocky mountainside with the 50-pound animal in her arms. Even her arms and back started aching, she didn't give up. The trip up had taken 30 minutes while going back down took twice that.

    Andi's husband received her messages at last. He and their son, Justin, jumped into the car and drove to pick up Andi.

Later that morning, an X-ray showed that the bull dog was badly hurt, he was likely to lose his left leg.

    A few days later, the Davises returned to the animal hospital. "The first thing he did was to give me a kiss, then he went right to my son." Andi said. They named the dog Elijah and brought him home that day.

    An English traveler found himself in Norway（挪威） with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and went aboard the ship. The man closed his ears in order not to hear the sound of the lunch bell. When dinner time came , he didn't go to the dining room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

    The next morning he still didn't have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room.But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dining room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for a quarrel.

    "Bring me the bill," he said. "The bill, sir?" said the waiter in surprise. "There isn't any bill. On our ship meals are included in the money for the ticket," said the waiter.

    On a Wednesday night, a young man was playing the guitar at the underground station. Some people stopped and put some money into his hat.

    The next day, the young man came to the underground station again. There was a large piece of paper next to his hat. It said，"Last night, a kind man named Chris put something important into my hat. Please come to get it back soon."

    About half an hour later, an old man came and the young man said，"Yes, I knew you would come back."

    "What did you lose？"asked the young man. "$800，000，"answered the old man.

    Then the young man took out a check(支票)and gave it back to the old man. The old man was so happy and thanked the young guitar player.

"Just because you can't see something, that doesn't mean it's not there." This old saying is quite meaningful for British artist Willard Green. The items he creates are so tiny that most of them fit on the head of a pin (针). You can see them clearly through a microscope (显微镜).

At every one of his art shows, people always ask the same question, "▲"

The answer is "Very, very carefully." So carefully, in fact, that he actually slows his breath down and works in between breaths. Willard usually works patiently under a microscope using special tools that he creates. To paint his works, he uses the hair from a fly(苍蝇) as a paintbrush.

Creating these detailed works is a very long and difficult process, and it isn't always enjoyable. "It is a terrible dream when I start but a nice dream when I finish," he says. A single item can take at least several weeks to complete.

People have asked Willard why he chose to do something that needed effort and took time. When he was young, Willard was not a strong student. He had difficulty in reading and spelling words. Some kids used to call him a loser. This made him feel small, so working on little things helped him to feel big. The smaller his work got, the bigger he felt. A newspaper reporter said, "Though his works of art are small, Willard is a great artist!"

Jane is a middle school student. She is a beautiful girl. She likes nice shoes and she usually wears new shoes. She thinks new shoes make her look great. 

One day, Miss Lee finds that Jane is unhappy. She asks Jane, "Why are you not happy？" Jane answers, "I want to buy a pair of new shoes, but my parents don't buy them for me. They don't love me. " Miss Lee thinks for a while, and then she says, "Today, I have some homework for you—count(数) your parents' shoes and tell me the number(数量)tomorrow. "

The next day, Miss Lee asks Jane, "Do you count your parents' shoes？"

"Yes, my father has three pairs of shoes and my mother has four pairs of shoes. "

"How many pairs of shoes do you have？"

"Twenty，" Jane's face turns red. 

"Are you still sad now？"

"No, I am not. I don't want new shoes now. My parents do a lot for me. I know they love me. Now I want to save(节约) some money to buy shoes for my parents to show (表达) my love for them. "

Dick didn't spend the money he made on games or snacks, he has s{#blank#}1{#/blank#} up money for the last two years so he could buy his friend Brandon a new electric wheelchairs (电动轮椅). 

Dick and Brandon have been friends {#blank#}2{#/blank#} years. Though both of them go to Caddo Hills High School, Brandon has a h{#blank#}3{#/blank#} time getting through the hallways. Because Brandon uses a push wheelchair to get from class to class, he says his arms start to h{#blank#}4{#/blank#} after using it for so long. 

Dick spent the last two years t{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (take) a part-time job at a car repairing shop. He really wanted to buy Brandon an electric wheelchair. Dick f{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (final) could buy the wheelchair last month, and when he brought it to Brandon in class last month, Brandon could hardly hold back his feelings. He said, "I was just crying everywhere. I can't b{#blank#}7{#/blank#} he did that for me."

"Tt's been my d{#blank#}8{#/blank#} to have one of these," Brandon a{#blank#}9{#/blank#} "and now it came true."

"Dick has had some bad experiences over the last year, so being able to help somebody else has really brought him out-being able to know that he made a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (different)," Calleen said.