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    Rose was telling her granddaughter Lily stories about how she had written a best-selling 1 in her early 30's.

"Did you always know you wanted to be a2, Grandma?" asked Lily. Rose smiled at her granddaughter. " I 3 knew it on my first day of primary school."

"I felt like that on my first day of primary school too! It was singing, I used to be sure that I would be a singer," said Lily. "Why 'used to' ,Lily?" Rose asked.

"Well," began Lily,"4 be the best singer in the class. But there was a new girl coming to my class, and she was better at singing than I was. What was the point(意义) of 5 as she was much better than me?"

"You know, Lily," Rose said," Although I was the best at writing in primary and middle school, when I got into high school, I met a girl in my English class. She was always the best writer. I used to 6 because of it, thinking that I was no longer the best writer, I was 7."

"So what did you do?" Lily asked. "I did what any person would do." said Rose." I did everything to be better than her."

"Did you ever write better than her in your class?" Lily asked." No. But I realized that it wasn't about being the best out of everyone, it was about being the very best that I could be.

So I 8my love for writing, and look where I am now…" Rose 9.

"Wow!" said Lily in surprise. "But what's that girl doing now?" "Who knows, but there's one thing I am 10:she hasn't written a best-selling book yet."

    Once there was a king called David. He lived in a golden place with his 1. He was rich, but he still loves 2 very much.

    One day, a god called Gory got lost and woke up in the garden of David's place. The king 3 him for some days. Gory was very grateful (感激的) and 4 to give David anything he wanted. David was happy and said, "I would like everything I touch to turn into gold."

    At first David was very 5. He touched a table and it became gold. But as he reached out for an apple, it turned into gold and he couldn't 6 it. David became scared. At that moment, his daughter entered the room. David rushed over to hug her. Suddenly, he realized that his daughter was a 7, golden statue (雕像). David cried 8. Then he turned to Gory. Gory told him to go down to the river and wash his 9. David did as what Gory told. Then he returned to the 10. He found everything changed back when he touched the gold.

    From then on, David didn't care for gold any longer.

    Have you ever eaten a dandelion (蒲公英)? Me neither. Have you ever blown it to make a wish? Me, too.

    "Time to pick dandelions, Athena, "Mum opened the car door and I entered with a 1. My hometown is in Greece (希腊), where dandelions are 2 on the menu. But I didn't eat dandelions. Why did I have to 3 them with my family every spring?

    Then I said goodbye to my new friend Brigid, whose family had 4 moved in our neighborhood in New York. I was 5 Brigid didn't ask where we were going. Nobody in America ate dandelions. I always worried that 6 would notice us picking dandelions.

    We 7 into a wild field. Hundreds of lively yellow flowers appeared everywhere. Then we stopped our car. Dad went over to cut dandelions and put them in his bag. But I just hid in the book. "8 do we cat dandelions? "I asked. "The best food in the world. "Dad answered, shaking a handful of greens. 9 we were ready to leave, we had enough dandelions. On the way home, Mum and Dad talked about hosting a dinner party for the new neighbors to try our 10 Greek food.

    The night of the party, Brigid arrived with her parents. Mum served 11 different。Greek foods. Our guests ate everything. Finally came the dandelions. "Wait!" I said to Brigid. But it was too 12. "You ate the dandelions! "I told her. We both 13, and she ate another bite. "14, "she said.

Mum was smiling at us. After dinner. Brigid and I went to the backyard and lay on the grass. The stars reminded me of dandelions in the soft field. I closed my eyes and made a 15: to be as open-minded as my family and my new friend.

    Do you have a great friend? Someone who is there for you in good times and in bad times? The story of Hoshi and Zen 1 the power (力量) of friendship.

    Hoshi is an American Eskimo dog. He had his 2 removed (移除) because of a disease when he was 11 years old. 3 he is now blind.

    It is 4 for Hoshi, a few months before his operation (手术), his owner got Zen. She was a small dog 5 a local rescue shelter (救护所) who could see just fine!

    When Zen started to realize that Hoshi was going blind, she did what a good friend would do. Zen began to lead the 6 for Hoshi. She 7 a seeing eye to another dog!

    Zen now leads Hoshi around in the great outdoors, so he doesn't hurt 8 They are now best friends and 9 all of their time together going hiking, swimming and going on other adventures (冒险).

    As Helen Keller once said, "Walking with a friend in the dark is 10 than walking alone in the light."