One day,all the birds decided to hold a1to see who could be the king.

    The crow(乌鸦)said,“The one who flew the2could be the king.”Everybody3.As the birds got ready for the competition,no one noticed a small sparrow(麻雀）creeping(缓慢行进）under the wings of an eagle(老鹰).Before the competition was over,the sparrow came out from the eagle's wings and4shouted loudly.He wanted to fly the highest.

    The other birds heard the noise and found out what happened.They were angry5the sparrow and they decided to punish him,The sparrow flew into a small6in an old tree.None of the other birds could fly into the hole7it was too small.

    The owl was known to be the8.Other birds asked him to watch the hole and to9the sparrow.Hours passed and the owl grew sleepy.When the owl10his eyes,the sparrow flew away.

    The owl felt ashamed and thought that he would no longer be called wise.So he decided to come out only at night.He didn't want anyone to see him.

    Whenever my child caused me to change my schedule(行程), I thought1myself.

    We don't have time for this. Therefore, the two2I most commonly spoke to my child were: Hurry up. But I made my promise to3almost three years ago, and I began my journey to pay more attention to what4in life. Actually, my younger daughter often reminds me of5I must keep trying to slow down.

One day, the two of us had taken a bike ride to the6. After buying an ice cream, my daughter sat down at a table7enjoying it. Suddenly a look of8came across her face. Do I have to rush, mama?

    I nearly9. Perhaps the pains of a10life didn't ever completely disappear, I thought sadly. You don't have to rush, my dear. I said11. Her whole face immediately brightened and her shoulders relaxed. Then we sat side by side talking.

    There were even moments when we sat in12, just smiling at each other. When she got to the last bite(咬最后一口), she held out the ice cream for me. I13the last bite for you, mama, my daughter said proudly. I realized I just gave my child a little time… and in14, she gave me her last bite and reminded me that things taste sweeter and love comes15when you stop rushing through life.

    One day, the students of Class 6 were reading in the classroom. Mrs. Brown came in and told the whole class they would have to change the 1 the next week. All of the students disagreed 2 Mrs. Brown, so they shouted when Mrs. Brown said it was because a new student would 3 the class. "Why must we move to another classroom just because someone new is coming?" One of them asked 4. Mrs. Brown stood there without saying anything. After a few minutes, she told them to be  5 to their new classmate and then she left.

    The following week, the head teacher, Mr White himself brought the new student to their class. 6,he pushed the new student to the class because the student was in a wheelchair(轮椅). Mr. White introduced the new student Jeff to the class. He said that Jeff now was a 7of the class and they should work together. He added," Helping each other is very important. " 8 could fully understand what Mr. White meant at first.

    Over time, they began to understand the reason. Jeff was a9 student and often helped the students who didn't understand their work. The class felt very thankful to him. They took care of him because they knew that when someone did something for you, you should do something 10 in return.

    Last Sunday, we had a class trip to enjoy ourselves. Our head teacher took us to the beach for a 1. When we arrived there at 9:00 a. m. by bus, we heard a big  2. It was made by wind and waves (海浪). It sounded like they were playing wonderful symphony(交响乐). Right away, we sat down and 3 to enjoy our picnic. We told jokes, sang and played games while eating sandwiches, chocolate and other snacks.

    In the afternoon, some students ran 4 each other in the water and swam for fun. Alice and I tried to 5 fish in the water. Some students helped the cleaners 6 up the rubbish. Others played cards and chess. Everyone looked extremely 7.

    At 4:30 p. m. we had to go back to school, 8 we wanted to spend some more time on the beach. Just then, I found a blue hair band on the sand. At first I thought it9be Alice's, because she is the only girl who likes the blue color. Then I thought it 10belong to her because I saw her wearing a yellow one. At last, we knew it was Cindy's. We went back to school at 5:45 p. m. The picnic came to an end, but we'll always remember the good time we had.

My first day of school

    Fear started taking over. I was walking into my first school in America. I had a long journey from India to join my parents, who had been here for three years, hoping America would help my future.

    On the first day, I was already confused because back in India the teachers switch(转换) according to periods while most of the students have the same periods, but here it was totally1.

    With anxiety(焦虑) on one hand and fear on the other, I opened the door 2. Since I was a bit late, everyone's eyes were on me as I entered the room. Without paying attention to them, I went straight to the teacher and asked if this was the right class. With a soft voice he answered, "Yes." His voice 3 me a little. Then he asked me to choose a seat. I didn't actually want to 4a seat. In India we had assigned (分配的) seats, so I never needed to worry about that.

    I was confused about which buildings to go to, but I 5to get to my classes without asking anyone. I was very confused about when I would have lunch. It was already noon. The bell rang and I entered my next class. Again, I asked the teacher if I was in the right class. Then I chose a seat, sat down and waited for the6 to begin. The teacher looked at me with a puzzled face, "Why don't you go for lunch?" "But the bell just rang," I said. "That is the lunch bell," she said. Without another word I 7for the cafeteria( 餐厅) . I felt lucky because we didn't have this in India.

    Every confusion seemed like a difficulty I had to get through to reach my 8. At the end of the day, at the school gate I found my bus and sat down inside happily. I was thinking, today wasn't so bad. I couldn't wait for the next day to come.