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      Once when I was six years old I saw a picture in a book,  1True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor（大蟒） in the act of   2  an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.      In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey （猎物）whole, without chewing it.    3   they are not able to move, and they sleep    4   the six months that they need for digestion.”

       After some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. It looked like this:  

                                                       Drawing Number One.

I showed my picture to the grown-ups, and asked them  5   the drawing frightened them.   6they answered: “Frighten? Why should any one be   7    by a hat?”

       My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I  8  another drawing: I drew the    9   of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it  10  . They always need to have things explained.

       My Drawing Number Two looked like this:  

                                                                                         Drawing Number Two

       Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of 11him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to12, so, if this was a person of true understanding. But, 13 it was, he, or she, would always say: “That is a hat.”That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand    14   by themselves, and it is15  for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

    Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world's 1 primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small 2 in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life 3 as a midwife(接生婆), helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn't have a chance to go to school when she was 4. So she wants all the children in her village to 5.

    The head teacher at the school said, "I'm proud 6 her. All pupils loved her. They all want to learn and play with 7 ." He also said, "She is doing well in thinking her skills. I can say I have seen a big difference in this school 8she came here."

Sitienei often said, "I want to tell children, 9 girls in poor areas, that 10 will be your wealth（财富）." She added, "With education, you can be whatever you want to be — a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on."

    Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to  1 .One day the father 2 to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 3 his son to buy some meat in town. When the son walked towards the town gate, a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn't 4 enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But neither of 5 would give way to the other. They stood straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. “What shall I do? My son hasn't 6  yet. I can't wait any more.” He wanted to know what was the 7 with his son. So he left his friends at home, and went to town 8 his son. “You may first take the 9 home for my friends .Let me 10 here instead.” he said to his son when he knew what had happened.

    Are there aliens?  In the movie Home there 1. The Boov are aliens. But their enemies ruined their planet. 2 the Boov have to find a new planet. They choose to go to 3 and drive people away.

    Earth is a good place. The Boov are 4 there. They have a party to celebrate. But a Boov named Oh makes a big 5. He asks everyone to come to their party, including their enemies. Other Boov think Oh is 6 spy(间谍). Oh 7 run away. He meets Tip, the last 8 on Earth. Tip is smart. The Boov can't catch her.

    Both Oh and Tip are on the run. They become friends and go on adventures. On the way, the 9 change each other's world. And they get to understand the true meaning of "10".

I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.

It was an amazing week for my husband and me –the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London. I expressed my1 to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to 2 our two children and started off.

During the week's time, 3 visited London and Paris –as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful places we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves. On our last night in Paris, 4 we enjoyed the night view(夜景) of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother5 the phone. In a second, my husband's face fell and he looked so worried. I could feel something6 happened.

"What's wrong?" I asked. He didn't answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said7 to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and8 his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.

At that moment, Paris suddenly lost its charm(魅力).

"I don't want to be here! I shouldn't be here! I should be home 9 my kids!"

We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …

Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children's bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no10 sight(风景)in the world than your children's faces that greet you at home.