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.

    Gwondo was a trainer of dogs. He would go out every day with his dogs, to1them how to catch animals so that all his tribe(部落) could eat.

    Wherever Gwondo went, his tribe could see him away in the distance 2his white hair would shine in the sunlight. The tribe3would say to their children, "See, there is Gwondo and his dogs, searching for4for us all." Gwondo went out hunting every day and always came5with much food. And all were very happy.

    Now Gwondo grew6and as all humans do, one day he died. The tribe felt sad and cried many days and many nights7one day the elders called to their children, "You have cried enough for Gwondo. Now it is time to8living. Go down to the beach and be happy."

    The children ran down to the beach and looked out to the sea.9 ， they all looked at each other, then turned and ran back to their elders，10, "Come quickly. Gwondo, he is back with us. He is out in the sea. "The elders hurried to the11and said, "Yes! It is Gwondo back! He is now a dolphin and lives in the sea."

    Now whenever you see12dolphins in the sea, look for the big old dolphin. You will know him because he has a large white fin on13back. He is Gwondo and he is training the young dolphins to chase(追逐)14close to the beach so that his tribe can catch them.

    Gwondo is known to all the tribes15the east coast of Australia. They call him their sea dog.