Once there lived an unhappy king who slept badly and didn't feel like eating anything. This made1queen and his people worried. A doctor was called in to2 him. The doctor said it's all in his mind instead of his body. So 3medicine nor rest could help him but a shirt of a happy person.

The prime minister was called to the palace. When hearing the king's situation, he said, “Although I have much power, it doesn't make me4. I'm always worried about losing it.”Then, the king's banker came and said he had lots of wealth, but he also worried about losing it. He was never happy, either. Next, the palace singer came and his words were almost the same.

Finally, the top general was told to find a happy man in5time. Luckily, he found a poor man without power, money or fame singing happily on a street. The general asked him6 made him so happy. The poor man answered that he had everything he wanted and he didn't want those he couldn't have. His songs came from the happiness in his heart. When the general asked for the man's shirt,7, the man said, “What shirt? I don't own any shirts!”

    One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 1 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make its body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.

    So the boy 2 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 3. He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole 4. The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 5 a little different. It had a weak body and thin 6. It was never able to fly. The butterfly didn't start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行).

    The boy acted with 7 but he didn't understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle(挣扎). The hard work of 8 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly's body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 9 to fly. Sometimes struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be as strong as we could have been and we would never fly.

    In our lives, pain(疼痛) and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even represents(象征, 代表) growth, without it , there's no way of life. We can't avoid(避免) 10 or problems. So, next time you are facing a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little — then fly!

    Yao Beina was not only a popular singer but also an energetic and warm-hearted angel. She donated her corneas(眼角膜) to two men after her death.

    Yao was born in a music family in September 1981 in Wuhan. She started to learn music at the age of 4, and she sang her first song on the stage when she was 9. Yao did quite well in singing, so she took part in the 13th Youth Singing Competition and won the first prize.

    She became well-known to the pubic after making some songs for the hit TV drama The Legend of Zhenhuan(甄環传), and the mandarin version(中文版本) of Let It Go from Disney's Frozen(冰雪奇缘). In July 2013, she competed in The Voice of China Ⅱ and finally got the second place in Na Ying's team. She had won many music prizes.

    Yao Beina was unlucky to be diagnosed(诊断) with breast cancer(乳腺癌). She had a successful operation(手术) in 2011. She has fought against the illness for about four years while keeping singing, but sadly she failed. Although she's gone, her fans will remember her beautiful voice and kindness forever.

    “It is the worst day of my life today.” Peter said to himself when he walked home alone. His mind would not stop 1 what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field. How could he have missed scoring that goal? His stupid mistake made him 2 His team had lost the game 3 him. He was really worried that his coach might 4the team.

    As soon as he walked through the door, his father asked, “What's wrong, son?” Peter's feelings were written all over his 5 “I lost the game,” Peter replied. “Look, Peter. I don't know what happened. But 6 it was, don't be too hard on yourself. ”

    “I lost the game, Dad. I 7my team. They'll probably never 8 me play again. ” “Soccer is about team effort. You're not the only 9your team lost. If you have a good team, you should support each other. Besides, winning or losing is only half the game. The other half is learning10 to communicate with your teammates and learning from your 11”

    The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage rather than fear in his heart. “Hey, guys.” he said to his teammates. “I'm really sorry about yesterday. We were so close to 12that game. But I think 13we continue to pull together, we're going to win the next one.”

    To his surprise and relief, his teammates all nodded 14agreement. “Yeah,” they said, “don't worry about it. It's never just one person's fault. We should think about how we can do 15next time. ”

    Peter smiled. It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.

    When I was eight years old, Mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go someplace 1. Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important or 2. I would at least get a new toy. I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would be getting something better than a toy. She said I would get "access(通道)to a world of toys."

    I had no idea why she was being so 3that day.  4, I had no real idea what she meant.

    "Access to a world of toys?" Did that mean we were buying a toy store?

    But we did not 5 at any toy store. Nor did we finally see anyone we knew.6, Mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like 7 out of the past.  It didn't have a modern look at all. And as we 8 the car, I still had no idea what this place was.

    We took stone steps up to the entrance. Only then did I find out what this place was, because there was a sign that 9"Marcy Public Library". We pushed the door open, and Mother led me to the front desk. "I'd like to get my daughter a library card", she told the man 10the desk. He asked her to fill out a form and smiled at me. "What kind of books do you like?" he asked. I was too shy to 11 them. I simply smiled back and shrugged my shoulders. "Well, you'll find it out in time," he said.

    I do not remember 12 I checked out that first day, but  I know  that  in  the years  that followed I read everything  I could  find 13 at that old library. I read through all the Nancy   Drew books before working on Judy Blume, then the 14: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Shakespeare. Then I read books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I 15 knew existed (存在).

    So Mother was right. Getting a library card was like getting access to a world of toys.