Once upon a time, there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my eldest son give half my camels, to my second, one third(三分之ー), and to my youngest, one ninth(九分之一)." Soon after that he died.

    The old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn't know how to do as their father said. They thought for a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last, they went to their father's old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said. "I will help you. I was a good friend of your fathers. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it. It is yours."

    The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished. The eldest took half—that was nine camels; the second took one third—that was six; and the youngest took one ninth—that was two.

    After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. To show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the camel back to him.

The most meaningful club I joined in

The school music club opens. Tony wants1 the club, but he doesn't want to go alone(独自地).He wants to ask his friends to go to the2 with him. So he calls them at home, but everyone is3 .

Martin4 his homework at home. It usually5 him two hours to finish it. Peter is writing an e-mail on the6 to his friend Gina, a girl from Australia. He is telling 7 about his school life. He doesn't like music. Gina doesn't like music，8 . Lily likes music very much. Lily and her classmates are having a music festival.9 Miss Brown is teaching them10 songs at school. What about other friends? Alice is having her11 birthday. Her parents are making dinner for her. Kate is helping her brother12 his English. He always doesn't do13 in his test. Tom is playing baseball with his sister. It's his favorite14 .

Tony is not happy15 no one can go to the club with him.

The Ugly Duckling

It'sa hot summer. The mother duck is looking at her1 . She is very happy, and she is waiting. "Quack ! Quack !" the baby ducklings(鸭子) come out one by one. But the biggest egg is still there. At last, the duckling comes out. This duckling is very2 and ugly(丑的) , so they all call him "the ugly duckling " .

The ugly duckling is lonely(孤独的). No one3 him. His brothers and sisters don'twant to play with him. The other ducklings say to their mother, "He is so ugly. He is not your child." The mother duck is very4 . The ugly duckling cries, then he goes away(离开).

He walks and walks. Then he sees a small house. In the house, there is an old woman and a dog. The ugly duckling asks, "Can5 stay here?" The old woman says, "OK. Come in." But the dog

doesn't like him. So he goes away again.

Autumn comes, and the leaves(树叶) turn yellow. One evening, the ugly duckling sees a lot of beautiful birds. " Swans(天鹅)!"he6 ,"How beautiful !"He looks at himself and cries, "I'm so ugly."

Winter comes, the ugly duckling is very cold and hungry. A farmer sees him and takes him home.7 the farmer's son and wife don't like him. They drive(驱赶) him away. The ugly duckling is very sad. He goes away again.

Spring comes, and it's sunny and warm. One day, the ugly duckling 8 many beautiful swans. He says, "Nice to meet you." The swan says, "Nice to meet you, beautiful swan." He looks at the water.

He sees a beautiful swan. He is very happy. He shouts(喊), "I am aswan !"

One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus（马戏表演）. And a family was standing in front of us.

The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean. The children talked about the clowns(小丑), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, "I want eight children's tickets and two adults' tickets, so I can take my family to the circus. "

The ticket lady said the price. The man's wife lowered her head and there was no smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, "How much did you say?"

The ticket lady said the price again. The man didn't have enough money. How could he tell his eight kids the bad news? My dad put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a $20 bill and dropped(掉下) it on the ground. (In fact, we were not rich!) Then my dad said, "Excuse me, sir, this dropped out of your pocket. "

The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad's eyes, held my dad's hand in his, and took the $20 bill. "Thank you, sir, thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family. "

My father and I went back home. We didn't go to see the circus that night, but we didn't care.