Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor living in a small house with spider webs(蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around. People 1 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty(贫困) that2his unhappy life.  One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 3about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase(花瓶) and said, “This is a magic vase that will bring you 4.”  The poor man looked at the vase 5 . Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However , he didn't want to 6 such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home on the table.  “It.s not right for something so beautiful to be7.”the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.  8he was still not satisfied ."It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.”At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.  His house turned into 9place immediately. The poor man 10 . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

    I will never forget an accident that happened in my own childhood. When I was a boy of twelve, something happened to me that made me never1any birds in a cage.

    We lived on the edge of a2in South Carolina, and every evening many mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn't any sound that can be3 than the song of the mockingbird.

    I decided to catch a young bird and keep it in a cage, 4in that way, I could have my own musician. I finally caught one and put it in a cage. The bird was5and fluttered about the cage, but finally it became quiet in its new home. I felt pleased with6 and looked after my little musician carefully.

    On the second day, the bird's mother flew to the cage7food in her mouth. The baby bird ate up8she brought. I was pleased to see this. Certainly his mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

    The following morning when I went to see9my little bird was, I found it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was very surprised! What had happened! I had taken great10of the little bird, or so I thought.

    Arthur Wayne, a famous scientist, happened to be in the forest where we lived at the time. Hearing me crying over the11of my bird, he told me what12. "A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison(毒药) food. She thinks13better for her young to die than to live in a cage."14I have never caught any birds or put them in a cage. All the birds have the right to15in the sky .

    One upon a time, there were two fishermen who were good at fishing. One day, they went to a lake to1 . One of them 2 fishing alone by himself 3the other was an outgoing person who loved to 4 friends with different people.

    When the second fisherman found that some tourists at the lake couldn't catch any fish. He said to them“I will teach you how to do that. If you catch 10 fish, give me one. If you don't get 10,you 5 give me anything.”

    They felt like old friends at the first sight. Both sides come to a(n)6 immediately. After he finished teaching a group, he went to teach another, and 7 taught them some fishing skills.He asked one for every 10 fish the tourists 8 .

    At the 9 of the day, the fisherman who kindly helped others received a(n)10 basket of fish, and also got to know a large group of new friends. At the same time, he was respected（尊重）as a(n)11 .

    However,12 fisherman didn't have much fun. When the others circled around his camp, he became even more 13 . After fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into the 14 basket,and found he had far fewer fish than his friend.

    If we 15 others succeed, we get both success and friends.

    A man asked his friends one evening, "What's the most beautiful  1in the world?" "The sound of bird  2?" one of his friends said.

    "No, it's the sound of a piano." the 3one said. "No, no," the third said. "It's the sound of a guitar." The three friends 4. Soon they were shouting.

    "Stop! Stop!" the man cried out. "You'll never 5each other this way. Come to dinner next week. I'll help you agree on what's the most beautiful sound in the world."

    A week later, the man's three friends came to his house. They were looking forward to （期待） a good dinner, 6the table was empty. Time passed and still there was no  7.

    At last, it was midnight. The man's friends were very 8 but they were too polite（礼貌的）to say 9. Then, as they were standing up to leave, they heard the "click, click" of dishes. A servant came in and put the dishes of food on the table.

    Soon they were all enjoying a fine meal. "Tell me now." the man said  10with a smile, "What is the most beautiful sound in the world?" And this time they all gave the same answer.

    A few days ago, I sat in the sofa watching TV. Just then, I got a 1 from a friend of mine. I haven't seen him 2 a very long time. We talked about our school days on the phone, and then he started talking about his 3.

    His mother was badly ill in hospital. She couldn't sleep at night and often 4 to herself. My friend was angry 5 her and asked his mother 6 talking. After that, his mother didn't say anything. The doctor said she had a kind of mental disease (心理疾病)，and she couldn't look after herself like a normal person. My friend was very sad. He thought it was his fault (过错). My friend 7 like a baby on the telephone. He said that he could do 8 if his mother became better.

    Do you know 9 our parents love us and care for us all the time? I think we should 10 love our parents and take care of them. A good relationship with your parents can make you be a better and happier person. It is worth having a try!