There are six friends in the Green Woods. They are happy. The bird is a singer. She sings songs in the tree. The dog is an artist. He draws pictures on the ground. Look at the monkey. He is so funny. He makes the animals happy. What does he do? He's an actor. The street is so clean. Who is the cleaner? The bear is sweeping the fallen leaves. The parrot(鹦鹉) is a reporter. She reports news every day. What does the black cat do? Look! He is patrolling(巡逻) with his handgun(手枪) by his motor cycle. He's a policeman.

    Peter and Linda are good friends. This Saturday they will go to the Palace Museum. It is old and beautiful. It's about six hundred years old. It is famous in the world. This will be their second time(次) to go there. They hope(希望) it will be sunny that day. Peter's mother says, "There are many things there. When you look in the windows, you can see many old tables and chairs." They will take pictures. They think it will be a wonderful trip!

    On Christmas Eve---the night before Christmas Day, children are very happy. They put their stockings (长筒袜) at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give them some presents.

    Mr Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. People also call him Santa Claus. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on the top of each house and comes down the chimney (烟囱) into the fireplace (壁炉). He brings children a lot of presents.

    Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early. They can't wait to open the presents in their stockings. Then they wake up their parents and say “Merry Christmas!”

    Do you know what “Christmas” means? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ (耶稣基督). When Christ was born (出生) many people gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing to each other.

A: Look, this is my new schoolbag.

B: Oh, it's beautiful, Helen.

A: Thank you, Yang Ling. Oh, where's my ruler?

B: Don't worry. (别着急) Is it in your pencil case?

A: Look! It isn't here.

B: Is it on that desk?

A: No, my ruler is green. That ruler is blue.

B: Look, it's in your desk.

A: Yes. Thank you.

    I had a great holiday. Every day I had fun with my friends. On Monday we went to a Western restaurant. We ate good food. On Tuesday we sang and danced in the park. On Wednesday we swam in the sea. On Thursday we climbed a mountain with Peter.

The tortoise and the rabbit

    Rabbit loves running. He can run very fast. One day, he sees a small green animal with a hard shell(壳).

    "Hello," Rabbit says, "Who are you?" "I'm a tortoise." "What do tortoises like?" "We like running," Tortoise says. Rabbit laughs. "I can run very fast. Let's have a race (赛跑)."

    Rabbit is very fast. Tortoise is very slow. "I will (将会) win (获胜)," Rabbit thinks. Then he falls asleep (睡着的).

    Tortoise walks and walks. He walks past (经过) Rabbit and gets to the finish line (终点线). Tortoise wins!