A lot of boys and girls in west countries are wearing the same kinds of clothes: Many of them have long hair, so it is often difficult to tell whether they ate boys or girls.

    One day, an old man went for a walk in Washington. When he was tired he sat down on a long chair. A young person was standing onthe other side of the pool.

  “Good Heavens!” the old man said to the person who was sitting next to him on the chair. “Do you see that person with long hair? Is ita boy or a girl?”

  “A girl.” said his neighbor, “She's my daughter.”

“Oh!” the old man said quickly, “I'm sorry. I didn'tknow that you were her mother.”

  “I'm not,” said his neighbor, “I'm her father.”

    It was Spring Festival again. The children were very excited(兴奋的). They got some presents from their parents. Mike's mother bought him a nice coat. His father gave him a football. Mike was very glad to have the football. He likes playing football very much. Wang Bing likes making model ships. His uncle and aunt went to the model shop to buy him a big model ship. He was very happy.

    We buy our daughter a little dog. There are not many children of her age and we think a dog would make her happy. We are right. They play together happily. Our daughter smiles and laughs a lot more. Both of them are very dirty. But the dog is easier to look after than my daughter. He always eats up all his food and needn't wash his cloths. My wife is also very happy because I don't smoke any more. The dog doesn't like the smell.

    Everybody has a home. Animals also have their homes. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of houses, too. Some animals live in holes under the ground. Woodchuck lives under the ground. Its home has two doors. If any enemy comes in through one door. The woodchuck will go out through the other one. Some animals live in holes or in trees. Squirrels build their nests high in the trees. Birds also live in holes or in trees. And most of them live in their nests. Only hawks build their nests high in the mountains.