One day, a poor man was travelling on horseback. At noon, he tied his 1 to a tree and then sat down to eat something.

     A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the 2 tree. “Please 3your horse to another tree,” said the poor man.” My horse is wild. It will kill 4” But the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” He tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby.

    After a moment they heard a terrible noise, the two horse were 5. They went up to them, but it was too late. The rich man's horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to6it.” And he brought the poor man before the judge(法官).

     The judge asked the poor man some questions. But he made no 7. At last the judge said, “This man is dumb(哑的). He cannot speak.” “Oh.” the rich man shouted 8, “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.” “Are you sure?” asked the judge. “What did he say?”

   “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree 9his horse was wild and would kill my horse.” “Oh.” said the judge. “So he warned you. And can you expect to get money from him?” The rich man said 10 and left silently.

    Joe Azougar was walking his dog when a bear appeared suddenly.

   "When it came up, the first thing my dog did was1  me and attack the bear, " Azougar said from his 2 in Lady Minto Hospital.

    Then Azougar ran into his house and began to3  his neighbors, warning them what was going on."As I looked around I saw the bear pull my dog into the 4. And to my great sadness, the dog waskilled," he said.

    Then suddenly, the bear 5 and it broke through the house's back window. Azougar began throwing things at the bear and making loud noises. Then he stoodon a chair to make himself look much 6.

    "It seemed as if the bear was very 7 ,  said Azougar.“I thought my best chance was to run outside  8 someone could find me."

    Azougar began running，but the bear  9  him.

    "It had four paws on top of me," he said.“Then, it  10  my body and tried to bite my stomach. That gave me just a few 11  to turn into and protect my head."

    The bear began to pull Azougar's body. “By that time I could feel my body becoming  12," Azougar said.

    Luckily, two women, who were13 , saved him. Their car was such a（n） 14  thing in the bear's eyes, that it ran quickly into the woods.

    "I am just thankful to those two angels that saved me in time," he said.

    People, who have lived here for 20 or 30 years, said they had  15 seenanything like this," said Azougar. He is the first one, and he hopes that he will be also the last one. "Now I'm planning to move somewhere else once I come out of hospital."

    Thirteen years ago, my sister, a very beautiful girl, was born. _1_, we were later told that this little girl, who was three and a half months premature（早产的）, would only have 14 days on the earth. It's hard to understand what kind of 2you have when you find out that you're losing something that you don't even know.

    As time went on, the number of days kept growing, which gave us hope. When the doctors said that we could take her home, that was when reality（现实）hit. We had no 3_.

    I am from a small town with small hospitals, but when you don't have money, you just don't have it. My mother tried for days to get the money, but nothing _4 each time. A caseworker was doing her best. It's5that it almost felt as if we had to 6a baby from the hospital.

    One day the caseworker walked into her boss's office to try again. As she walked out. Feeling 7again, out of nowhere a man walked up to her. He 8her a bag of money and said, “Please give this to the lady in need, so she can take her daughter home.” She looked 9_at her hand with tears in her eyes. As she looked up to thank him, he was gone. They searched all over that hospital and he was nowhere to be found.

    Thanks to the guy that I will 10_ know, we could take that beautiful baby girl home, and celebrate her 13^th birthday yesterday. I am thankful to this man and feel that his act of kindness should be shared with everyone.

    When the Spring Festival falls, red flowers bloom(盛开) on the windows of my home. Of course, these are not1flowers. But in the cold of2, these wonderful flowers bring warmth to us. They are made of paper by my3, who is now aged 70, with a few cuts, she   4a piece of paper into a beautiful work of art.

    When my grandma was considered clumsy(笨拙的) in the 5. But on a cold winter night, she saw some beautiful red paper6 on her new neighbor's windows. She was so interested in it and decided to 7from her neighbor. Tons of paper was wasted, and her fingers were cut many times. But she8practicing. It took 10 years9my grandma could make paper art skillfully(娴熟地). The red flowers, blooming like hurning fire, light up her world. Now, everyone in the village10her.

    My grandma's story has shown me what it takes to realize one's dream.

    Mike worked for the Canadian government.One day, he was 1 to learn more about wolves.Do wolves kill lots of caribou (北美驯鹿)? Do they kill people?

    They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns.Then they put him on a plane and 2 him to a far-away place.The plane put him down and went away.There were no houses or 3 in this place, but there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.

    There are many 4 stories about wolves.Wolves are said to like to kill and eat people.Mike remembered these stories, and he was afraid.He had his gun 5him all the time.

    Then one day, he saw a group of wolves.There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves.A father wolf and another male wolf, younger than him, lived with them.

    Mike watched these wolves every day.The mother was a very good mother.She gave milk to her babies.She gave them lessons about life.They learned how to 6 food.The father wolf got food for the mother.The young male wolf 7 the children.They were a nice, happy family—a wolf family! Mike did not need his 8 any more.In a short time, he got on well with the family.Mike 9 them for five months.He learned that many stories about wolves were not true.Wolves do not eat people, and they do not eat many large animals.And he also learned bad things about 10.It was men who killed many caribou and wolves.

    Later, Mike wrote a book about wolves.He wanted people to understand them and stop killing them.

    Grandfather was a wise man. No matter how badly-behaved I had been, I could tell Grandpa anything and my 1 were safe. He loved me and would never give them away.

    I remember a time when a group of us were playing baseball behind Mrs. Brown's house. I hit one pitch(投球) just right and …slam! It ended up breaking Mrs. Brown's kitchen window! We all 2!

    After I got home, I 3 Grandpa about it. He knew we had been warned many times about the dangers of playing where we shouldn't. 4 he just listened.

    "I was 5," I told him, with my head down. "I hate myself for what I did. Is there a way out?" "Well," he said, "Mrs. Brown has a problem, just like you. If she knew you cared and you were afraid of her, she would be sad. I'll bet she wishes you would give her a 6 to be understanding. It's 7 decision. Are you planning to pretend(假装) nothing happened? Just keep quiet and hide what you're not proud of?"

    "I don't know," I sighed(叹息). "Things might get worse…" "Let's think it through," he said finally. "If you were Mrs. Brown, what would you do?" I didn't know 8 she might do. I had been afraid that Mrs. Brown would stay mad at me, so I ran. On the way home I 9 that she was a mean witch(女巫) running after me.

    "Well," I said, taking a deep breath, "One way is to tell Mrs. Brown I'm sorry and offer to fix her 10. "

    "If you call her," asked Grandpa, "What's the worst that can happen?" I had to think for a moment. I realized that even if she did not 11 my apology(道歉), it could not be any worse than seeing the disappointment(失望) on Mom and Dad's 12.

    Grandpa smiled when he knew I had figured it out(明白). "Doing what's right is not always easy," he said, handing me the phone. "I'm proud of you." Grandpa did not make me do it. It was always my 13. As it turned out, Mrs. Brown was very kind and we 14 became really close friends.

    Grandpa passed away a year ago and I miss him so much. He gave me the tools to fix many problems and most of all he showed me I was 15.