Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He wears old clothes. He comes into the room. But people there don't look at him at all. They don't ask him to sit at the table.
     Mr. King goes home and puts on (穿上) his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles（微笑）at him. They give him very good food to eat.
     Mr. King takes off (脱下) his clothes, puts his clothes in the food and says, "Please eat, my clothes!" The other people ask, "What are you doing?" He answers, " I'm asking my clothes to eat the food. When I wear old clothes, you don't look at me. You don't ask me to sit down. Now I am in the good clothes and you give me the very good food. Now I see, you give the food for my clothes, not for me!”

B

    John's birthday is on August 16th. His parents are going to have a party for him. He is very happy about it. He would like to invite his friends to the party. Last Sunday night, while John was in his room, his mother walked in.

    "Are you still doing your homework?" she asked.

    "No, I'm writing a letter to Uncle Tom," John answered.

    John's mother was very surprised because John never wrote letters to anyone.

    "Are you asking him to come to your birthday party?"

    "No," John answered, "Uncle Tom never comes to my birthday parties."

    "Then what are you writing about?" his mother asked. "Will you read me the letter?"

    "OK," John said, "but I haven't finished it. I have only written two lines. I'll read them to you."

    "Dear Uncle Tom, thank you very much for sending me such a nice gift. I hope..." her mother stopped him. "But Uncle Tom hasn't sent you any gifts."

    "I know," John answered. "I'm not thanking him for this year's gift. I'm thanking him for last year's. You know, it's never too late to thank him."

On a cold winter afternoon, Susan was walking home from a supermarket. She was feeling a little tired, as she was carrying her shopping bags. They were so heavy that she decided to have a rest in the park. She walked towards the gate of the park. She noticed a poor man walking out of a restaurant in front of her. The man was holding a paper bag. He walked to a rubbish bin and started looking through it.

Susan suddenly felt sad. She knew this man would take all that he could get, so she went up to him and gave him some fruit. The man looked up in surprise and took what she gave him. A big smile appeared on his face and she felt very happy. Then he said, “Wow! First someone gave me this sandwich, then the orange juice, and now some delicious fruit. This is my daughter's lucky day. Thank you, girl.” Then he went away, singing a song.

    Just then, Susan understood what the saying “Giving is getting” really meant. Everyone in the world needs help: everyone can offer help and everyone will be helped by showing kindness. Giving sometimes doesn't cost much, but it means a lot to the people who you help. The man's happiness at that moment comes into Susan's mind every time she has the chance to help others.

Every year on May 1st, there is a school trip in Jim and Helen's School. Children like it very much, and they always have fun. Here is the notice for this year's trip. 

 Nature is full of power but nature is sometimes very interesting. Let's take some plants as an example(例子).

Monster Flower

 The monster flower is the name of the plant. It has the biggest flower in the world. To peo- ple, the plant's smell is really bad! But bees and other insects(昆虫) love this smell. And that helps the plant!

Giant Tree

 Most trees are tall. But the tallest trees in the world are red wood trees. These trees are slow growers. It takes them 500 years to grow very, very tall and very wide. Redwood trees are 300 feet tall. That's about as tall as a stack(一堆) of 40 school buses! Redwoods are 30 feet wide. That's about as wide as 3 school buses side by side.

Pitcher Plant

 The pitcher plant traps insects. This plant smells nice. Insects like its smell. But when an in- sect climbs onto the pitcher plant, the insect slips into the the pitcher plant. Quickly, the pitcher plant catches it!

Sundew Plant

 Insects love the leaves' smell of the sundew plant. But when an insect creeps or lands on a sundew' s leaf, the insect can't get away. The leaves are sticky. The insect is stuck(粘住).