Cathy is a middle school student. She is twelve. She is a good student. She gets up very early every morning. She reads English for twenty minutes and then she has breakfast. She often has milk and bread for breakfast.

    At seven she leaves home for school. She goes to school on foot. She doesn't go to school by bus. She says, "Buses are too crowded and sometimes they are slow. It doesn't take her long to walk to school. It only takes her twenty minutes.