Little Bob was born in a poor village in New York. His father has been ill for a long time and can not do any housework at all. Bob's mother is very busy with the housework besides working. Bob understands how hard his mother works, and he always helps her with some housework. Though he has too much housework to do, his mother is still very strict with him. There are some family rules for Bob.

    He must take good care of his things in his room and keep them tidy. If he makes them dirty, he must clean them up at once.

    He is allowed to keep a parrot, a cat and a dog, but he must feed them often and give them water by himself every day. After school, he is allowed to play with his pets for a short time.

    As for his clothes, he isn't allowed to choose his own clothes. When his clothes are dirty, he should wash them by himself.

    On school nights, he can't go out alone and only on weekends, he is allowed to watch TV. Sometimes Bob hates the rules so much that he wants to break them, but he thinks the rules his mother has made are good for him, so he faithfully obeys them.

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    When Mr. David retired（退休）, he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his surprise, many visitors came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night, there were visitors outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into the house. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, "If you want to satisfy your curiosity（好奇心）, come in and look around. Price twenty dollars. "Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. "I came here to retire, not to work as a guide（导游）, "he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

    Recently, a video story has spread among people.

    James Anthony has cleaned the halls of Hickerson Primary School for 15 years. Although he is deaf, he never complains (抱怨). Instead, he greets every child and teacher with smile. Teachers and children love him very much and call him Mr. James.

    On the day Anthony turned 60, the school wanted to give him a very special surprise. That day when Anthony walked into a classroom, a group of children started to sign (打手势) and sing "Happy Birthday" to him. Anthony started smiling as usual. Then his jaw (下巴) dropped open and he laughed for joy as he realized what was going on. A few teachers led the kids through the whole song as Anthony watched. A wide smile was on his face. As they finished, tears came out from his eyes.

    Scott, secretary (秘书) of the school said, "The children love and respect Mr. James. They give him high fives in the halls, and he even teaches them sign language. Today he has put smiles on faces all around the world."

Hi, I am Mia. I am a British girl. Now I am studying in Qingdao, Shandong Province. I like Chinese culture a lot.

This year I celebrated an unusual festival in my classmate Li Mei's home. It's the Longtaitou Festival. The festival is always on the second day of the second lunar month（农历月) every year. It shows the start of spring and farming. People celebrate the Longtaitou Festival in different ways. The most famous tradition is getting a haircut（理发）. Some people think that it can bring them good luck.

Li Mei treated me to some fried beans（炒豆）and pancakes. Fried beans are the traditional festival fare for them. During the meal, she told some other special food for the festival. People in Suzhou enjoy chengyao cakes（撑腰糕）. As an old saying goes," If you eat chengyao cakes at the Longtaitou Festival, your waist won't hurt all year." More interestingly, some foods are named after the loong body parts to mark（庆祝）the day. Wontons are the loong's eyes (longyan), noodles are the loong's beard (longxu) and spring pancakes are the loong's scales (longlin).

We spent a happy Longtaitou Festival together. Laughter and joy filled the whole house. To me, it was more than a festival, but a lesson about Chinese culture.

One day a little boy asked his father, "What does the word 'great' mean? Who are great people and how do they become great ?" The father asked his son to bring two1 and then told him to plant one of them inside the house and the other outside the house. The boy2 as his father said. 

The father asked his son, "Which of the two plants do you think will be bigger and 3 ?"

The boy replied, "The plant inside the house will be safer, so it will grow bigger, while the plant outside the house faces4 . No one will be there to 5 it. It may be eaten by animals. "

The father smiled and said, "Let's wait. We will know the answer. " Then the boy left home for study. 

After four years he returned to his house. He said to his father, " Look! Nothing happens to this plant inside the house and it grows well. " When the boy went outside, he was very6 to see a big tree. The boy couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't7 how the plant outside was able to grow much bigger than the plant inside the house. 

"The plant outside the house faced every season and many difficulties!"the father smiled and explained to his son8 why the plant outside was bigger, "The plant inside was safe, it didn't face weather changes, and it didn't9 enough sunlight, so it didn't become big. "

Here is the10 to the question about being great:To become a great person, one must have failed many times, experienced many difficulties and got over them.