John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a1 student when he was young. He was often late for2 and didn't like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn't understand much,3 he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher4 the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old,5 brother Bob was twenty, Jack is fifteen now and6 is his brother Bob?”John said, “That's easy. Bob is twice as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.”

Another time, the 7 in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷),8 do we always see the light before we 9 the sound?”

     “But, Miss,”said John quickly, “don't you 10 our eyes are in front of our ears?”

    A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know 1 she had to do and wanted to give up. She felt 2 of fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came. Her father 3 was a cook took her into the kitchen. He poured water into the pan（锅）and boiled it. While the water 4, in the first pan he put carrots, in the second he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. He waited for them for 5 minutes without any words. The girl closed her mouth and waited 6. She didn't know why her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes, her father turned 7 the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put them into another bowl. After that the coffee8 into a cup. Turning back to 9 daughter, he asked, “What do you see?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she answered.

Her father told her to close her eyes and let her 10 the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take eggs and break them. Then, she got boiled and hard eggs. At last, the father told her to smell the coffee. “What's the meaning, Father?” He explained that each one had 11 same unlucky experience—the boiled water,12each had a different reaction（反应）. The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak after13in the boiling water?” The eggs became hard in the boiled water. The coffee was very special and it 14 change the water. “Who are you?” asked the father, “When calamity（厄运） 15 at your door, what's your reaction? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?”

A kind of Happiness in Rongjiang—Watching "Cun Chao"