Once there was a young boy. He had no family except for an old llama. Each day the boy and his llama walked many miles, looking for a home. Each night they curled up (赌缩）and slept. But on one starry (满天星斗的）evening, the old llama died. The boy buried (埋葬）his friend next to a small icy river. Then he sat under a tree and cried. What would he do? He had no family and no home.

The boy cried for a very long time. But there was no one to comfort (安慰）him. There were only the stars in the sky.

Suddenly, the sky filled with bright light. The boy held his breath. He was afraid to move. One bright star fell to the ground. Slowly, the star took the shape of the old llama. She bent her head and drank from the river. She looked at the boy and smiled. As she jumped back into the sky, bits of llama wool fell. As the sun began to rise, the boy picked up the soft, warm wool. It gave out light in his hands like starlight. He carried the wool to the city and sold it. With the money, he bought a house. He bought two young llamas. He never forgot the star llama. And he was never lonely again.

The secret of happiness

    An old man walked slowly with a cane(手杖)into the restaurant .His old jacket, worn-out shoes and warm personality made him stand out from the usual crowd.

    A young waitress watched him move toward a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said: “Here, sir……let me help you with that chair.”

    Without saying a word, he smiled and nodded(点头)a thank you. She pulled the chair away from the table and helped him sit. Then she put his came against the table.

    “Thank you, miss.”he said, kindly.

    “You're welcome, sir.”she said.

    After he had finished his breakfast, the waitress brought him the change(零钱)from his bill. He left it on the table. She helped him up and walked with him to the front door.

    When she went to clean his table, she found a business card under his plate and note on a napkin(纸巾). Under the napkin was a 100-dollar bill.

    The note on the napkin read: “Dear miss, I respect you very much and I can see you respect yourself, too. It shows by the way you treat others. (3)You have found the secret of happiness. Your kindness will shine through to all those who meet you.”

    The man she had waited on was the owner of the restaurant where she worked. This was the first time that she or any of the other workers had ever seen him in person.

    By Steve Brunkhorst

I walked into a class full of strangers for the first time and wanted to be invisible (看不见的). That's how I{#blank#}1{#/blank#}on my first day at school in Mexico. The teacher was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the rest of the class all about me, but I didn't understand much of what she was saying. I spoke very little Spanish, so I only {#blank#}3{#/blank#}when she said my name and age. Some of the children smiled and waved, but others{#blank#}4{#/blank#}at me and whispered (小声说) to each other. After what seemed like hours, I took my seat. When a girl leaned over and said, "Hola, soy Ines.", I smiled at her and tried to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}what my Spanish teacher taught me, and after a moment's pause I said, "Hola, soy Isabel."

One day Jack's wife was cleaning out a closet(壁橱)."Look at all these umbrellas," she said to Jack. "There are eight and they are all broken. I'll take them to the umbrella shop and have them mended." Jack said. Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. "They'll be ready tomorrow," the shopkeeper said.

That evening Jack went home from the office by bus as usual. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor near her. When the bus reached his stop. he picked up her umbrella and stood up, "Hey!" the woman said. "That's my umbrella!"

"I'm sorry," Jack said, and at the same time he gave the umbrella to her. "I took it by mistake. Please excuse me."

The next day he got back the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on the bus. As he sat down, a person behind him said, "You certainly have a successful day!" He turned around and saw the woman whose umbrella had almost been taken by him the day before.

A lot of students are playing all kinds of sports on the sports field. A football game is{#blank#}1{#/blank#} on right now between Class 3 and Class 4. We don't know which team will {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Look at those people over there! Some students of Class 1 are practising the high jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hard every day. Many people think he will break the school record in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} meeting next spring. Not far away from {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, some girls are preparing for a race. They will have an 800-metr e race in ten {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group of students. Their teacher is telling them how to{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the discus(铁饼). 

In schools, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and more students love sports now. Sports help people to keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. They also help people to live {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. And while doing sports on the sports field, many people will become good friends too. Do you think so?