Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the most famous and most successful children's book writers around the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

    In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read well. The report said many children's books were not interesting at all. Doctor Seuss read it and strongly wanted to help the children and decided to write books that were full of fun and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like bike and like. He did not receive any training in art. However, he drew wonderful pictures for most of his books.

    In 1957, Doctor Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a 6-year-old kid could read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it very much. Their parents loved it as well. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him really want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.

    In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize. He was honoured for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents. He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold all over the world. People say his books helped change the way American children learnt to read. Up till now, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people."

    One day, a man saw an old lady sitting inside her car at the side of the road. Though it was dark, he could see she needed help. So he stopped his car and walked towards her. The old lady was worried, even though she noticed the smile on his face. Was he going to hurt her? "I'll help you start your car, madam. By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson, " he said.

    While Anderson was fitting a spare tired (备胎) to her car, the lady began to talk to him. She thanked him much for coming to help.

    Anderson just smiled as he put his tools away. The lady asked how much she should pay him. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give them the help they needed. He waited until she started her car and drove off.

    A few miles down the road, the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in and a waitress came over with a sweet smile. The old lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant (怀孕的), but she never let the pains and aches change her smile when she served her.

    The lady finished her meal and paid with a hundred-dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change, but the old lady was gone when the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she found there was a note on the napkin (餐巾), "You don't need to give me anything back. Somebody once helped me out the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do—do not let this chain (链子) of love end with you."

    Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.

In Africa there is a beautiful river. A little crocodile(鳄鱼) called Mamba lives here with her 1 . Every day, Mamba hunts(捕猎) fish and frogs for food. How 2 she lives!

One day, she is swimming down the river and see a bird. She goes after it and tries to hunt it. "Don't do that, Mamba!" says Mum and Dad Crocodile. "That is the crocodile bird. He can help 3 our teeth. Now open your mouth. "

4 when the bird flies in, Mamba closes her mouth quickly! "Mamba! Open your mouth now. " Mum Crocodile is very angry. Mamba opens her mouth and the crocodile bird flies 5 as fast as it could(尽可能快地). "I don't want clean teeth, " says Mamba, "and I just want to eat something. "

Then one day Mamba's teeth hurt(疼痛) a lot and she can't 6 anything. A monkey advises her to clean them with a stick(棍子). She tries but still feels 7 in her teeth. 

"Oooooh!"She opens her mouth wide and cries, "Can someone help me?"

At this time, the crocodile bird flies down from the tree, and flies in Mamba's mouth. He runs all over 8 teeth and gives them a good clean. "Thank you so much, " says Mamba, "Now I know 9 you are called the crocodile bird. "

From that day on, they start to help each other and become good 10 .

I was born in Los Angeles, California. As a child, I would ask the neighbors, "Do you want to know what{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (happen) in my house last night?" Then I'd like {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tell) them all my family secrets! I believe those {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (story) were the beginning of my writing career(生涯)!

I went to college at UCLA and UC Berkeley where I studied English. After{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (leave) college, I taught high school{#blank#}5{#/blank#}half a year. I was a terrible teacher. My students were out of control. So I{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(give) up the job and got a new one writing educational books for children. 

My writing partner was Steve Mooser. Neither of us had ever written for children, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}we decided to learn more about it by going to a meeting of children's book writers. We couldn't find one, so we threw one ourselves, setting up the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). We welcome anyone who shows an interest in children's books. 

Today, the SCBWI is{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (large) children's writing organization in the world with more than 22, 000 numbers! They are child-loving and creative. Those are my favorite kind of people. 

I've written a lot of books for young people. I love my work. Every day, I am thankful that I became {#blank#}9{#/blank#}famous writer. I will try my best to be {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (creative)than before and live in the world of children's books.