Bruce likes playing1a river（河）. But there2a river near his new house. He is not very happy.

    One day, he asks3mother,“4a river near here?”“No, there5”,his mother says, “But6new house has a garden.” “I don't like7”says Bruce.

    One morning, his mother says “8is a beautiful park near here. Bruce, and there9two pools(池塘) in it. We'll go there this afternoon.” Bruce is very happy.

    After lunch, Bruce and his mother10the park, and he plays in one of the pools. He has a very good time.

    When my brother and I got adopted (收养), I was four and he was two. I was 1 at first. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't smile at all. But then I found a lovely new nightgown (睡衣) on my bed. I started to smile. I had 2 had my own nightgown before. When my dad saw me 3 , he hugged me. He started to cry a little. I felt happy because my brother and I finally had a forever 4.

    I remember once when I was in the third grade, a boy asked me if I was adopted. I said I couldn't remember, because I was too shy to tell him. But it doesn't feel 5 to talk about it now. At home, we talk about it a lot.

    I'm in the sixth grade now, and a lot of people 6 my story. It feels great. I always feel good about myself when my friends are around—one friend especially. When my friend was little, her mother couldn't 7 her, so she was adopted. When I heard her story, it sounded a lot like my story. It started out hard, but that part is over.

    Life is good for me. I 8 my parents and do whatever I can to help. I'm interested in 9 and I sometimes prepare breakfast. I collect eggs from the henhouse and cook them for breakfast. When I feed my dog or close the chickens up for the night, I give them love, just like my 10 give me.

    J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of 1 sellers in the world. She was born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She had one sister who was two years younger than her. Both girls liked 2 to their father's bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story3the age of six.

    On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he didn't know it. In 1992, Rowling began4 the first Harry Potter book for young5. It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series (系列) is6with people of all ages and about sixty7books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That's8the Harry Potter series has been so popular. J.K. Rowling is very9with the success. Now she's really enjoying life. She said she would go on 10 children's books.

    There was something wrong1 Mrs Black's skin(皮肤), so she went to her doctor. But he could not find anything wrong. So he sent her to the hospital for tests. The hospital, of course, sent the results2the tests to Mrs Black's doctor, and3he called her to give her a list of the things. The doctor told Mrs Black4the food on the list. Because any of them may5the cause(病因)of her skin trouble.

    Mrs Black wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, 6she put it near the telephone. After that, she went to a meeting.

    When she got back home two hours later, her husband was waiting for her. He had a big basket full of the things, and7he saw her, he said, "Hello, dear, I bought all of the things8you.''

    "But9did you know what I needed?" she asked.

    "Well. When I got home. I saw your shopping list near the telephone." answered her husband. "so I went to the shops and bought everything you needed. ''

    "Oh, no, those things can make me feel10."

Painting from Memory

    I was born in Damyang, a beautiful place known for its bamboo forests in Korea. I spent much time in the forests painting pictures of the 1 . Painting is one of my talents. I lived there until last year when my family moved to New York. My mother, a scientist, was asked to come work here.

    "There are no bamboo forests," I said, "there is nothing to 2 in New York."" Don't worry, you will find many things to see and paint there," my mother said. I still felt 3. "But I will miss home," I said. "Then you can paint pictures of your favorite places. They will make you feel at home even in New York," she said. So when we moved, I brought my forest paintings with me.

    New York was not easy at first. I missed home a lot. Yet when I looked at my paintings of bamboo, I felt much better. 1 soon 4 friends at school too. They also like painting, and we now paint in a group after school.

    Last month, we had a new neighbor, Varvara, an old lady who moved from Russia, to be closer to her daughter. She was sad to leave her home. My mother and I often visited her. She told us her unbearable homesick and everything about her hometown Vyborg. I could5 her home in my head.

    Varvara missed her home so much that she became ill. I worried about her and I wanted to do something for her. I had ever been in her6 before. At least, I had my forest paintings of home. However, she didn't even have that. Unless. A few days later, I met Varvara on the stairs. She looked better but still sad. I gave her my gift: a painting of Vyborg. I had painted it from her 7.

    She began to cry as she saw the painting. At first, I was worried that she didn't like it. Later, she told me that those were 'cars of joy. I knew just how she8 -wherever you go, hometown is always with you.