Animals are our good friends. Some are active and others are quiet. But do you know anything about the clever animals in the world? Just have a look!

    John was born without arms. As a child, he learned to do many things with his legs. But there were a lot of things he couldn't do. His parents even had to feed him. His seven brothers had to help him to get dressed.

    One day his mom decided not to help John anymore. She told John's brothers not to help him either. "Let John do everything on his own," she said. "If John needs to eat, let him eat by himself. Let him get the dish himself. If he breaks up a few dishes, it's fine. No one will help him to get dressed either. Let him wear his clothes himself. If he can't get dressed himself, then let him run without clothes. But no one is allowed to help him. He has to learn to do everything himself."

    John's mother loved him. She wanted to help him. But if she always helped him, he wouldn't learn anything. She wanted him to be independent.

    Soon John learned to do everything by himself. When he was sixteen, he could even drive a car with his feet. John felt very proud. He thanked his mother for making him independent.

    Today John is a grown-up man. He has a business of his own and he is very successful. He also travels around the world.

    John likes children very much. He likes to talk and play with them. He tells them that they can learn to do anything. He teaches them how to be independent.

The Lost Thing is a famous film. It's a story about a young man and a teapot(茶壶). The young man often wears a pair of glasses. He likes collecting bottle caps when he's travelling around the world. One day, he takes an old train to the beach. He finds a strange red teapot. It is about 4 metres tall. He doesn't know anything about it. But the teapot is very friendly to him. It kicks a colourful ball to the man and they play with the ball all the afternoon. When all the people on the beach leave, nobody takes the teapot away. 

When the sun goes down, the young man starts to know that his friend, the teapot, doesn't have an owner(主人). He thinks, "It might be a lost thing. "He wants to know more about the red teapot, so he picks it up and wants to help it find its owner. Will the teapot find its owner? It's a secret.

Maybe you often have arguments 1 your parents about clothes, homework, friends and many other things. But what's going on when your parents fight with each other? Most teenagers feel sad or afraid when their parents fight. They might think their parents don't love each other any more and that their arguments will 2 to a divorce（离婚）.

In fact, it is 3 for parents to disagree and argue sometimes. They might disagree on important things like jobs and family decisions. They might even disagree on little things that don't seem important at all — like what's for dinner. Maybe sometimes parents feel so strongly about their 4 that it may lead to arguments. However, these arguments often end quickly. Parents may say sorry and make up, and the family 5 to a normal situation.

As a family member, you should 6 what it really means when your parents fight. When your parents get angry with each other, they might say things they don't really 7 . Most people may lose their cool. So if your parents are fighting, don't worry too much about it. Try to find a good 8 to solve it.

If your parents' fighting really 9 you, you might find it hard to sleep or go to school. If this happens, try talking to your parents about their behavior. They may not even 10 it until you tell them how their argument has affected you. You can also tell it other relatives, a teacher or a close friend.

Just remember that no family is perfect and arguments are common in every family.

Mr. King was the manager (经理) of a hotel. One weekend all the hotels in the city were full because there was an important meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.

Mr. King wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men said they would. Mr. King said the room would be thirty dollars: ten for each one. Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.

Mr. King soon began to feel sorry. "Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as price for that small room," he thought. He called his assistant(服务员) over and said, "Here is five dollars. Take it to the men in Room 418. I asked too much for their room. "

The assistant took the money. While he was on the way there, he started to think, "How can three men divide（分）five dollars? I'll give them each only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself. The men will be happy to get something back, and Mr. King will never know. " So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.

Each man had at first paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned them one dollar each, each had paid nine. There were three men, $ 9 ×3 = $ 27. The assistant kept $ 2. $ 27 + $ 2 = $ 29. Where is the missing dollar?