This is' a story of a man who worked in a big factory. I got to know him many years ago, but I never paid any attention to him. He always wore an old red hat and carried a rubbish bag. He usually spent his break time and lunchtime walking around in that old big factory to collect the unused tins.

    Today, I was fixing one machine in the factory when this "tin man" came with his bag. As usual, he picked up the tins. My manager was standing there to watch me. He asked the "tin man" what he was going to do with those tins. I never thought about this question, because I always thought that he'd sell those tins for money.

    The "tin man" answered, "I will give these tins to my neighbour. He is ill and he cannot work." I was so surprised to hear that, so I asked him, "You collect all those tins just to help your neighbour? I know this does not help much," he said. "But I will try my best to help him."

    At that time, I found myself standing in front of a great man. This "tin man" only wore a T shirt and an old red hat and carried a rubbish bag, but he was a great man.

    We shouldn't judge a man by his appearance(外表). We should look at his heart.

   Jack and Eason were walking through the forest. They knew that it was dangerous to do this because many wild animals live in the forest. As friends, they agreed that they would stay together and help each other if there was any danger.

    All of a sudden, they saw a large bear running toward them. Jack climbed a nearby tree. He didn't think about his friend at all.

    Unluckily, Eason did not know how to climb. He could only lie down on the ground. He held his breath and pretended(假装) to be dead.

    The bear came close to Eason. He smelled the man for a moment and left. You see, bears do not eat dead animals or people.

    After the bear walked away, Jack climbed down and went to Eason on the ground.

    "Are you okay? Did the bear hurt you? If only you could climb a tree," he said, not knowing that he didn't' follow their agreement(约定).

    Eason then answered, "Do you know what the bear told me? He told me do not believe afalse friend!"

Tom and Jerry

    Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never has any success. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The stories are full of fun and have a long history.

    William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told them to make funny cartoons. Together they thought of the idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.

    The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success. Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are around seven minutes long.

    In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards. The famous cat and mouse remain popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.

I love you, so I let you go

There was once a lonely girl. She wanted to get love very much. One day when she was walking in the woods, she {#blank#}1{#/blank#} two hungry birds. She took them home and put them in a small cage (笼子). She looked {#blank#}2{#/blank#} them with love and the birds grew strong. Every day they sang sweet songs for her. The girl felt great love for the birds.

One day the girl forgot {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the door to the cage. One bird flew from the cage. The girl was{#blank#}4{#/blank#} afraid that it would fly away. As it flew close, she caught it wildly. She was very happy.

Suddenly, she felt {#blank#}5{#/blank#} strange (奇怪的) with the bird. She opened her hand and looked surprisingly at the dead bird. Her {#blank#}6{#/blank#} killed it.

She noticed the other bird moving quickly in the cage. She could feel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} need for freedom. She guided (指引) the bird to fly into the air. She wanted the bird to be happy.

The bird flew around once, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, three times. Finally, it flew closer and landed in her hand. It sang and sang. The music sounded the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the world. Then the girl realized {#blank#}10{#/blank#} important thing-- We should let go for love.

My son Daniel began surfing at the age of 13. Daniel's love for the ride was tested one 1 afternoon. 

"Your son's been in an accident, " the lifeguard(救生员) reported to my 2 Mike over the phone hurriedly. "3 he came up to the top of the water, the point of the board was headed towards his eye. "

Mike rushed our son to the hospital. Daniel 4 26 stitches(缝线) from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose. 

I was 5 home from a meeting while Daniel's eye was being stitched. Mike drove 6 to the airport after they left the doctor's office. He greeted 7 at the gate while Daniel was waiting in the car. 

"Daniel?" I questioned. I remember thinking the waves(波浪) must have been terrible that day. 

I ran to the car. I sobbed(抽噎) in his arms, telling him how 8 I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called. 

"It's okay, Mum, " he said. "I'll be fine. The doctor said I can go back in the water 9 eight days. "

Was he 10 ? I wanted to tell him that he wasn't allowed to go near water again until he was 35, but 11 I controlled myself. 

He kept asking me to let him go back on the 12 for the next seven days. One day after I 13 " No" to him for the 100th time, he beat me at my own game. 

"Mum, you taught us never to 14 what we love. "

I gave in. Back then, Daniel was just a boy with deep 15 for surfing. Now he is among the top 25 surfers in the world.