A little girl thought she was not beautiful and nobody liked her. So she was always 1 and didn't like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother 2  her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided 3 it to school.

    On her way to school she found that 4 who saw her smiled at her. Most of her classmates said “hello” 5 her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought them all to her. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things.6 she didn't tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.

    When she went 7 home after school, her mother 8 her, “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning.” At this time, the girl understood that she hadn't worn the hair clip to school at all.

    It is not important 9 we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think about 10.

    John was so lazy that he stayed at home and watched television all day instead of working. One day his 1saw a" Help wanted" advertisement in the supermarket window. The supermarket needed2to put things on the shelves. She told the manager that her husband didn't have a job but he was very 3. She told him that John would come to apply for(申请)the job.

    When she got home and told John about the job, he was just watching television attentively. It made her so angry that she4 the TV and ordered him to go and see the manager of the supermarket. John didn't want his wife to be angry, so he went there.

    On the way, John thought if the manager5  him the job, he wouldn't be able to stay at home and watch television all day long. He would have to work in the supermarket every day.

    Then he had an idea he decided to tell the manager that something was wrong with his shoulder so he could not raise his arm above his head. He was6  the manager wouldn't give him the job. When he arrived at the supermarket, he told the manager that he needed the job." Are you strong?" the manager asked.

    John explained that he couldn't raise his arm above his head. John told him that he7 an accident at home while digging in the garden.

"How 8 can you raise your arm?" the manager asked. John lifted his arm 9"Only this high "he said." And how high could you raise it10 the accident?" asked the manager." This high" said John. And he lifted his arm above his head.

    Sam's dad told camping stories all through dinner. "Once I saw a snake outside my tent. Did I tell you about that?" Sam shook his head and tried not to look impatient. In fact, he really wanted to get out to the tent in the backyard (后院). His friend, Kent would go there.

    Finally, everyone finished dinner. Sam asked if he could go out. "I think you should help do the dishes first," said Mom. Sam washed all the dishes and helped clean the kitchen, and then he ran to the tent.

Kent was waiting for him. "Have you been waiting long?" asked Sam.

    "Not long,"said Kent. "Oh, well, we're here now. Let's get ready." "Ready for what?" asked Kent.

    "For anything that is going to happen," answered Sam. They played cards for some time in the tent. Then they read some books. After that, Sam told some of his dad's camping stories. When they got tired, they turned out the light ( 灯) and listened for noises in the dark. But they didn't hear any noises for a very long time ...

    Finally, Sam heard something at the tent flap ( 帐篷门帘). He felt very scared and kept his eyes closed.

    "Hey, get up, boys! Breakfast is ready." It was Sam's mom.

    Sam opened his eyes and looked at Kent. He was still sleeping. Sam sighed (叹息道), "We slept through the night, and nothing happened!"

There were many plants in a forest. When spring came, a pine(松树) saw a red rose and said, "What a beautiful flower! I1 I could be that lovely."

The rose proudly(骄傲地) said, "It seems that I am the most beautiful2 in this forest," Then the rose looked at a cactus(仙人掌)3 her and said, "Look at the ugly plant!"

"What a 4 flower!" thought the other trees.

As the days passed, the red rose often looked at the cactus and said5 words about him, like "This plant is useless. How sorry I am to be6 neighbor!"

The cactus7 got angry and even tried to advise the rose, saying, "There isn't any form of life without a(n)8 in the nature."

Spring 9 , and the weather became very hot. 10 there was no rain, the plants and animals needed water badly.

One day the rose saw birds put their beaks (喙)into the11 and then fly away. She asked the pine12 the birds were doing. The pine said that the birds were getting water from the cactus.

"The cactus has water?" asked the rose13 .

"Yes, you can also drink some from him. The birds can 14 water to you if you ask the cactus for help."

The red rose was too ashamed to15 water from the cactus. But finally she did. The cactus kindly agreed. The rose learnt a lesson and never judged(评价) anyone by their appearance again.

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I'm an upset mother. My son Jack is fourteen years old. I find that the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (old) he grows, the less we talk. I feel very sad and I really need {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (you) help.

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