My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. He 1 the first three years of his life in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he has a problem when you saw him 2 .

    Children in our neighborhood always ran around  3  their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play,  4 . We never told him that he probably wouldn't be  5  to run like the other children. So he didn't know.

    In  6  grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others,  7  only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the  8 . We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.

    He ran four to five miles every day — even when he had a fever. I was  9 , so I went to  10  him after school. I found him running  11,  I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept  12 .
   Two weeks later, the names of the team  13  were caked. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had  14 the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn't do it … so he didn't know. He just  15  it.

Philip is the bravest boy I know. His friends and family are all very1him.

Ten-year-old Philip was born with an2which means that he is always breaking his bones（骨头）. Although he has such a serious illness, Philip3playing sports. In January last year he4wheelchair racing. He came second in his first5, and since then Philip has won every other race!

In order to look for a new challenge（挑战）， Philip6to take part in the London Wheelchair Marathon（马拉松）7, five days before the race Philip got sick. He didn't want to8He finally made up his mind to take part. Philip was given medicine by his doctor and guess what? He not only9it, but he also finished in first place!

Philip is very10and never gives up. That's why he has been chosen to be the Bravest Child of the Month.

    My friend Alan did not have a rich family. He did not have much money. Sometimes Alan 1 had to accept money and gifts from his family and friends. But do not get me2 He was not the kind of person who never 3 the money he should. He was always very 4 with the money he spent.

    However, a few years ago, he won the lottery and got a huge5 of money. He was very excited. It changed his life. The 6thing he did was to buy a very expensive new car. Then he7 spending money on unnecessary things or the things that he normally would not buy. It seemed that he had money to8He had more money than he needed and it was burning a hole in his pocket. He wasted his money 9.

    When we got together for a10 at a restaurant, he would always pay the bill. He11me the money made him feel very happy.

    But, Alan soon 12 out all of his money. He was as poor as a church mouse again. His last dollar was spent and he had no money13.

    I admit I do feel 14 for my friend. He had enough money to live like a king.15 he is back to living a hard life. He was wise about small things, but not about important things.

    Zhang Peng is a Chinese driver in Xi'an(西安). When he checked the online wallet of his Wechat app(微信应用软件), he saw that one of his passengers had paid 6, 500 yuan for a1pay. That meant the passenger paid about $ 950, but in fact, the passenger only needed to pay$ 9.50.

    Zhang Peng guessed that the payment was a 2. According to the time of the payment, he guessed that the four foreign travelers did it. He3the four travelers, from the train station and dropped them off at a nearby4.

    When he5to call the four foreign passengers, Zhang Peng directly went to the hotel again where he had dropped them off. Then in the hotel he6what had happened to the waiter at the front desk.

    Just at that time, the traveler7made the payment came downstairs. She was 8  to hear about her mistake. It was her first time to visit the Chinese city, and she said that it was also her first time9the app's online payment function(在线付费功能)to pay for the ride.

    She was10more surprised when Zhang Peng refused to get a reward(报酬)and 11 her all her extra(额外的)money.

    12is true that the traveler had a wonderful 13 of using Wechat. "I can't believe it," the woman traveler said."14some people, money is their only dream, and $ 950 is a lot of money. I felt very excited yesterday15the taxi driver came back to return the money in person. I am really grateful."

    A long time ago, there was a seed. Because he was only a seed,1noticed him. So the seed thought he was not important in the world.

    One day, a wind2the seed and threw him on an open field. Later, he enjoyed the water on wet days and the3on clear days, which helped him grow. Years later, another day he saw a traveller sitting by his side.

    "Wow, how lucky I am! I can have a rest4a tree on such a hot day the traveller said.

    "What are you talking about "the seed quickly asked. He thought the man was making fun of him because no one ever spoke to him like that.

    "5just spoke?" the shocked man asked.

    "It's me, A seed."

    "The man said. Are you joking? You're not a seed. You are a big 6!"

    "Really?"

    "Yes! People often sit here to7your shade! Don't tell me you didn't know that."

    The traveler's words made him happy. The seed thought and8for the first time in his life.

    The years of torture by the sun and the rain helped him9grow up. "Oh! That means I' m not a little seed any more! In fact, I can make people feel10. Wow! That's great to be helpful."