In the old days, people usually travelled by horse when they wanted to go a long way. A man named Ming lived in the country. One day, his mother said to him, ^"Your uncle is very ill and he needs this medicine. You must take it to him quickly. Your uncle lives in the town. It's a long way from our house. It will take you two days to get there on a horse."

    Ming thought for a minute and said to himself, ^"One horse ...two days. I know what I can do." The he said to his mother "Don't worry, Mum. I'm clever. I think I can get there in one day." Ming ran to the market and bought two horses for his journey.

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    It is Christmas Day. There is a big party in the house. Guests come and go, but the party goes on.

    Kitty is sitting in the chair. She is eating some sandwiches. On the long table, there is lots of other, food. There are four eggs, ten sweets, one cake and six biscuits.

    There are some toys in the house, too. They are balls, toy bears, toy robots and Barbie dolls. Children like playing all the toys. Girls like playing the dolls. Boys like playing the bails. They are excited.

    Mrs. Wang is in the kitchen. She is cooking some chicken. Mr. Wang is in the house. He is under a tree. It is a Christmas tree. Mr. Wang is putting many presents on the tree. Now the tree is very beautiful. Every child can get a present from the tree.

We can see many skyscrapers(摩天大楼)in big cities. They are very tall. They look cool.