Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.

    But at three o'clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man's dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o'clock the next morning. Then Miss Grey's telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, "You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago, now I ring you up to say that I don't have a dog."

Kian Hamer, 14-year-old, has become one of the youngest members (成员) of Mensa. Mensa is an international organization (国际组织) for IQ (智商). Mensa has about 110,000 members all over the world. Only eight percent of the members are under 16. Kian's IQ is 162 and it's two points higher than Albert Einstein's.

Mensa sent a letter to Kian's home. The letter wrote, "Kian is one of the cleverest people in the world." Kian is really excited to join Mensa. He always works hardest on everything he does. Although people call him a genius (天才), he still wants to be a football player when he grows up. He loves playing football very much.

His dad Rich Hamer said, "Kian is clever but I'm not calling him a genius like others. I want him to keep his feet on the ground. He needs to study hard all the time. Never be proud (骄傲). He always does well at school. He works really hard and always tries his best."

My Good Friend

I am Li Na. I am thirteen years old, and I come from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. I have a happy family. My grandparents, my parents, my brother and I are in it.

 This is my family photo! These are my grandparents. My grandfather is 75 years old and my grandmother is 75 years old, too. They have a farm and they grow(种植) vegetables there. My grandfather likes reading newspapers and my grandmother likes drinking tea.

 This is my father. He is a Chinese teacher in my school. His name is Li Feng. He has big eyes and short hair. The woman in the red dress is my mother. Red is her favorite color. My mother is a teacher, too. She teaches(教) English, but she isn't in my school. Emma is her English name. She has long brown hair. She often reads books. My brother' s name is Li Jun. He is fifteen years old. We are students. We are in the same school but in different grades. I am in Class Five, Grade Seven. He is in Class Two, Grade Nine. My brother really likes playing basketball and I like playing chess. I love my family very much.