① My little sister is spoilt(宠坏的). She has Dad wrapped around her finger. If I had done or said some of the things that she does when I was her age, I would have been in big trouble. Not her- she's Daddy's girl. She's three.

    ②An example: Dad asked her to get his glasses from the kitchen. My sister said, “You've got legs. You get them.” When he asked again, she said, "Benny's got legs. He can get them. "Mum and Dad thought she was funny. I just thought she was rude.

    ③One night she woke Dad and said she dreamed that "Benny was fighting a witch (巫婆)."Mum and Dad let her sleep in their bed the rest of the night. I never slept in their bed- not that I would have wanted to. She is so spoilt.

    ④One time at the beach after she'd been playing in the surf with Mum, my sister shouted that an "octopus's tentacles" had bitten (咬) her. Dad laughed his head off. It wasn't that funny. She was certainly imagining. I knew that's what she thought as I'd done a project on animals for school.

    ⑤She likes to do homework when I do mine. She sits next to me and pretends to write pages of homework. It's just letters such as the letters in her name that she repeats for row after row. Mum says she's just trying to be like me but it drives me crazy when I'm trying to fix my attention on my work.

    ⑥She took her favorite book, Animalia, to Kindy(幼儿园) this morning. When dad and I collected her from Kindy this afternoon, a boy had taken her book out of her locker and was being really careless with the pages. I could tell she didn't like him having her book. I took the book off the boy and told him to treat books nicely. My sister looked very happy.

    ⑦Later my Dad told me that my sister admires me. I guess that's pretty cool.

"Just because you can't see something, that doesn't mean it's not there." This old saying is quite meaningful for British artist Willard Green. The items he creates are so tiny that most of them fit on the head of a pin (针). You can see them clearly through a microscope (显微镜).

At every one of his art shows, people always ask the same question, "▲"

The answer is "Very, very carefully." So carefully, in fact, that he actually slows his breath down and works in between breaths. Willard usually works patiently under a microscope using special tools that he creates. To paint his works, he uses the hair from a fly(苍蝇) as a paintbrush.

Creating these detailed works is a very long and difficult process, and it isn't always enjoyable. "It is a terrible dream when I start but a nice dream when I finish," he says. A single item can take at least several weeks to complete.

People have asked Willard why he chose to do something that needed effort and took time. When he was young, Willard was not a strong student. He had difficulty in reading and spelling words. Some kids used to call him a loser. This made him feel small, so working on little things helped him to feel big. The smaller his work got, the bigger he felt. A newspaper reporter said, "Though his works of art are small, Willard is a great artist!"

Harry is a student. Harry's mother 1 a new sport hat for him. It's brown— Harry's favorite color. His shoes, ruler and eraser are 2 , too. After school, Harry goes back home.

" Where is your new 3 ?" asks Mom.

" Oh! My hat!" says Harry."4 in the classroom. I must go there!"

 Then Harry goes to the 5 and look for(寻找) the hat. 6 he can't find it." Oh,I 7 my new hat," says Harry. And he goes back home.

 At home, Harry's mother says," Do you want to call your teacher 8 help?"

 And then Harry opens(打开) his schoolbag to get(拿) his 9 . He finds his new hat!

" Look, Mom!" says Harry." My hat is in the schoolbag! It's not lost."

" Great!" says Mom." But you must be careful(小心的)!"

" You' re 10 , Mom." says Harry.

It is my ninth birthday. Before school, Mom says," We' re going to have a1 this afternoon, Richie. Your 2 and Uncle Jim are going to come. I'm going to make a 3 . Come straight home after school." I'm very happy and I 4 about my party all day.

When I am walking home from school, I see a bag on the ground. I look around(往四周),5 there is no one near. I open the bag. There is some money(钱)6 it. There is also a 7 . It reads," Mrs. Duncan, 15 Aster Road, Selby." 

" I' ll 8 this bag to Aster Road," I think. It is a long way. It needs one 9 to walk there. I ring the doorbell with the card in my hand. An old woman opens the door.

" Mrs. Duncan?" I ask.

" Yes," she says.

" I 10 this ..." 

" My bag!" she says. She looks inside it and says," Thank you! Thank you! Let me give you something to eat and drink." 

I say," I really have to(不得不) go ..." But she pulls me into the house. It's difficult to say 11 to her. She gives me cake and milk. I eat a lot. After half an hour, I say," I have to 12 ." 

When I get home, Uncle Jim and my grandmother are there."13 did you go, Richie?" Mom says." Did you forget(忘记) about 14 party?" 

" No," I say," I…" But before I can 15 any more, Mom says," Sit down and have some cake. Happy Birthday!" 

What can I do?I can't tell Mom that I am full(饱的). I have to eat her cake, too!