I know my brother better than anyone else in the world. Since the moment of his birth, I've been part of his life. I had spent seven happy years in the world with the attention of those around me. But when Rohan was born, life changed. All of a sudden, I had to share my toys and there were no more bedtime stories or my own choice of food.

    Finally, I hated this small boy.The poor baby had no idea what had made me so unhappy. Maybe he found mestrange, the only person in this house who did not like him. Whatever the reason was, he loved following me around. However, I seldom talked to him and always asked him to leave me alone.

    Then all that changed. I hardly remember everything of that day six years ago, but I do remember that I was feeling very angry. Then I found myself in my brother's room. I couldn't help reaching my hand through the bars(栏杆) of his bed. At once, he reached his small hand and softly touched mine. And that was all I needed. Through all the unhappiness of the day, that one moment changed everything. How could I hate someone who made me feel so important? For the first time, I saw my brother through the eyes of a sister. Suddenly I realized love from my family was always with me.

    To this day, I can't imagine life without my brother. It is unbelievable(难以置信的) how much I have learned about life from a seven-year-old boy. Above all, Rohan has taught me that one should not care only for himself.

    Mrs. Brown, who lived alone in the Bridge Block, was asking for help because of his missing cat. "My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly," said Mrs. Brown. She said that Clyde, her 12-year-old cat, didn't come home for dinner more than a month ago. Although he was old and weak, Mrs. Brown loved him a lot. The next morning, he didn't appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.

    When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was twelve years old and totally white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.

    "Is Clyde your child or your pet?" the officer doubtfully asked. "Well, he's my cat, of course,"Mrs. Brown replied. "Lady, you're supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS," said the irritated policeman. "Well, who can I report this to?" she asked. "You can't. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyer （传单）replied the officer.

    Mrs. Brown figured that a notice board would work a lot better than a piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the highway. Cars only passed by smoothly between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the highway was so full of drivers that no one moves. She took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the notice board with $3,000 for a month.

    The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the notice board for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.

    Chinese people believe that a full moon stands for family reunions (团聚). So on the Mid-Autumn Festival, people look at the Moon and feel happy about a united family.

    But do you know there are many interesting stories about the Moon?

    In China, Chang'e flying to the Moon is a famous legend. Houyi and Chang'e were husband and wife. One day, Houyi got a magic pill. Being curious, Chang'e took the pill herself. Her body became light and she flew to the Moon. She had to stay there forever.

    In Greek legend, Artemis is the goddess of the Moon. She takes care of the hunt and animals. In India, the god of the Moon is Soma. Soma has four hands. If a baby is born on a full moon day, Indian people believe he or she is lucky.

Micah is my 12-year-olddaugher. We used to do many things together. But these days, "I'm good" is about all she says to me, which means "Leave me alone". 

I wondered why she didn't want to do things with me. When I set table for dinner one evening, I heard Micah shout, "Mom, come quickly" I rushed out and found a little baby bird on the ground. My eyes went up to the branches (树枝）. For the last few weeks we had watched the bird make a nest and lay eggs there. "The wind must have blown him out of the nest." I said. "No, it was Mr. Whiskers, our cat. You let him go outside !" Micah said.

I realized she was right. So I said sorry and put the bird back. As soon as we went inside, she began to search for what to feed it on the computer carefully. And I found she focused on the screen more than ever before. She didn't even have dinner with me. "It needs a name," Micah said. "How about Chance ? I think he has a good chance of living with your help."I said. "I like it," said Micah.

Early the next morning, I got up to mix the bird food that Micah found on the Internet. But Chance didn't need it, because his mother was back ! Weeks later, we went to check on Chance. The nest was empty. Chance was standing proudly on a branch.He has grown up ！ Then I realized Micah wasn't a little girl any longer. She is her own person.

I still remembered the first day I met Jane. When she walked into the classroom， all the students were very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} because there was a big red birthmark（胎记）on her face. Jane didn't know at all even though some bad boys played jokes on her and laughed at her. Instead， she was always {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}why Jane could always be so happy. So one day， I went to her and asked if she knew there was a red birthmark on her face. She replied that of course she knew. Whenever she looked in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}，she could see it. 

"Then how can you live happily all the time？ Don't you think the mark makes you {#blank#}5{#/blank#}？"  I asked. 

"No， actually， the mark makes me special. I always tell {#blank#}6{#/blank#} that I have no way to decide what I look like， {#blank#}7{#/blank#}I can decide what I want to be. I'm much luckier than those that can't walk or run. At least I'm a healthy 

{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. "Jane answered with a smile. Jane's words opened a new world for me. At that moment， I understood the world {#blank#}9{#/blank#} than before. If the world is looked from a bright way， some bad things will be good {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.