One day a small boy was walking along the street in London. His name was Tom. It was a cold winter day in 1900.1he could have no breakfast 2lunch. He wanted to buy bread, but he didn't3any money.

    His father4when he was very young. His mother was often very ill, so she could not5Tom and his brother, Mike.6had to work to help their 7 mother.

    He was small but his dream was very big. His wish was8 a great man in the world of film. So he worked very hard9 singing and dancing. Then,a man came to him and asked,"10 for my film?" "Cetrainly." He answered. And he did his11 in it. Many people asid,"We have never seen 12interesting film."

    Thirty years 13 ,this same boy was 14 the most famous people in the world. He made many good films. A lot of people liked 15 .

    Do you know that the "Happy birthday to you" song is the first song sung in outer space? Apollo IX astronauts 1 it on March 8, 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here is the story behind it.

    The song was written by two sisters from Kentury, Mildred and patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the2of "Good morning to All" in 1893. It was used as a classroom3. Teachers sang it each day to welcome theirs students to the classroom.

    The composer, Mildred Hill, was a concert pianist. Her sister, Patty Smith Hill wrote the original(最初的) lyrics (歌词) for the song while she was a teacher in a kindgarten in Louiville, Kentury, where Mildred also 4.

    The Hill sisters copyrighted (取得版权) their song on October 16, 1893. However, it appeared5their agreement in Robert H. Coleman's songbook on March 4, 1924. Coleman changed part of the lyrics to say, "Happy Birthday to you", 6the song still had it's original title. The song was then published several times over the next ten years, often with small7in the lyrics. In 1934, when the song was sung every night in a Broadway Musical, another Hill sister, Jessica, went to court(法院) over the copyright problem of the song. She was8about the theft of the song and the failure to pay to her sister. She9her case. The Hill family owned the rights to the melody and had to be10every time the song was part of a commercial(商业的) production.

    The Hill sisters, who devoted their lives to educating children, could never imagine that the simple little song would continue to earn about $ 2 million every year.

    Thanksgiving Day was coming. A teacher gave her class an interesting task—to draw a picture of something to express their 1.

    The teacher thought most of her 2 would draw turkey or some other traditional food of the festival. And so they did. But Douglas made a 3 kind of picture.

    Douglas was a child of unhappiness. 4 other children played together, Douglas always stood close by his teacher's side.

    His picture was special. When he was asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand! 5 else. Just an empty hand.

    His work caught the attention of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? Scone guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raised turkeys, others guessed it was the hand of God, because God helped everyone. The discussions 6, and they even forgot to ask the artist himself.

    When the discussion stopped, the teacher asked Douglas whose hand it was. The little boy said in a low voice, "It's 7, teacher."

    She got surprised at his words. Then she 8 that she often took his hand. Sometimes she said, "Douglas, take my hand, we'll go outside." Sometimes she said, "Let me show you how to hold your pencil." And she 9 said, "Let's do this together."

    Her eyes were full of tears. She had done these to all her students. She didn't know these were so 10 to him. She hugged Douglas and decided to give him more love.

    At noon, it was very hot because the sun was very strong. Johnny was too tired to 1. There were no trees near the road, 2he had a rest under a big rock(岩石). After he 3 some water, Johnny took off his shirt. He lay down on the ground and fell 4 at once.

    He was so tired  5 he did not wake up until the evening. He was going to jump up. Suddenly he 6 something moving near his feet. He looked down and saw a long black snake.

    Johnny was so 7 that he did not dare to move. The 8 began to crawl(爬) beside him. It crawled on and on until it disappeared under the rocks. Johnny jumped up 9 and nervously, picked up his 10and ran off down the road.

    One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe on the ground. The father said to his son, "Look at the horseshoe on the ground. Go and1the horseshoe and put it in your bag, my son." But Thomas said, "If I do so, it will waste my time." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they2a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and3some strawberries with the money.

    The father and the son went on walking. The sun was high up in the4. They soon drank up all their water and there was not a house or even a tree for them to have a rest. Thomas felt5thirsty to walk on. At that time, his father gave him a strawberry and he6ate it. After a while, his father gave him another strawberry and once again, his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.

    And so they7walking. The old farmer gave strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you picked up that8, you would have your own strawberries to eat. Always remember the9: if you don't worry about the little things, you will find it difficult to do the10things. "