When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift, it was happiness.

 One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my  1  because of its high speed.

 Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life ­ 2  arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears. 3  slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I 4every day.

However, it's easier 5 than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness 6 . I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a 7 mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates 8 about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes9; they don't have a mobile phone but 10 have, and so on. But I only 11 life. I was lucky to realize from an accident : It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have 12 . We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life would improve 13 I have a new car.” But when you get the car and what 14 ? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

Happiness depends on what we have! It's in our heart. It's a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel15 .Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激) and taking pleasure in what you really have.

    Madan was able to make clothes. And he was famous for the clothes. The people in the whole town wanted the clothes. One night, Madan said, "I am sure I can 1 a dress for the moon. I will be famous on the moon too."

    The wind carried his 2 to the coconut(椰子) tree. The tree said, "You can't do one thing."

    The coconut tree 3 to say something more, but Madan would not 4.

    Madan made a dress for the moon. He called out to the coconut tree, "You must give this dress to the moon, because I cannot 5 her." The coconut tree agreed.    Soon the coconut tree said, "The moon 6 your dress is too big."

    Madan was 7, but the moon really returned the dress to him. So he had to redo(重做) it. He spent the night making the dress a little 8 and gave it back to the tree. But the moon gave it back to him 9.

    "I tried to tell you about it before," said the tree. "After the moon is full, she grows smaller each day until you can't 10 her at all. So how can you make one dress that would fit the moon?"

    The students of seventh grade walked into the hall with laughter and voices. We were told to listen to a speech by Mrs. Marks about bullying(欺负) and peer pressure (同伴压力). During the whole year, our grade had listened to speeches on these topics over and over again. My friends and I sat back, preparing to sit through another  1 speech.

    But as soon as Mrs. Marks started talking, she caught my attention. She talked in the way as if she knew how to reach into our minds and make us  2. And for once, I actually began to think about what she was talking about.

    One boy, especially, came to my mind. Every day, this boy came to school late. The students in the class would always make fun of him. They said, "Hey, man! Where have you been?" And then another added a more unfriendly joke. Their jokes would continue until the teacher 3 them to stop. But it was always too late. The boy would put his head down on his desk in 4.

    I felt really sorry for this  5 boy. Then I turned my attention back to the speaker and listened carefully till the end.

    "Now, before I leave today, I would like to give everyone here an opportunity to say something on the subjects of bullying or peer pressure. You may apologize(道歉) to or thank someone. And I can promise that no one will 6 at you this time.

    The silence in the room made me believe her. Slowly I saw a few hands rise. One girl wanted to apologize to a friend, and another thanked a boy for his kindness. It was then that my moment of 7 happened. The speaker called on me, and I began to talk.

    "What you said today 8 makes sense. I know that it's true, because I see it every day in class. There is one person who is always made fun of." My voice shook, I think that everyone here has made fun of him. I know I have. And now I really 9 it. To us, it may just be a game, but to him, it must hurt. And I think well, I think we need to stop."

    There was a silence for several seconds, but then, clapping quickly spread through the crowd.

    Later that day, the boy thanked me . And from then on, the other students began to 10 him better. They stopped playing jokes on him and greeted him with a friendly "Hi". I was pleased I had voiced something that everyone was feeling.

    I have a good friend. 1name is Simon. We both like motorbikes (摩托车) and we are in the2motorbike club. Simon often 3 his motorbike very fast and he likes to 4 how fast he can ride.

    One day, a thief (小偷) rides a motorbike to his home, goes in and takes 5 of his things away. Then the thief runs out of Simon's home 6. Simon sees him and he rides7 him, and shouts (喊叫), "Hey! Don't you know you 8 ride faster than me?"

    The thief says nothing, 9 he rides much faster. Simon finds that. He10rides even faster. He is soon very 11 away from his home. Then h12 in front of a shop. I see him and ask him, "Why do you ride so fast, Simon?"

    "I 13 to get a thief," says Simon. "But14 is the thief?" I ask.

    "Kilometers behind," says Simon happily. "He15he can ride faster than me, but you see he can't."