When I am reading a newspaper at home ， my friends call me， “Will you 1 here and give us some help?” I throw the 2 away and run to them.

    My friends are playing a basketball game 3 And the ball goes right into Mrs White's 4 They know I live next to her ， 5 they want me to get the ball for them.

    I 6 my neighbour Mrs White. She looks unfriendly. Everyone says that she doesn't like the children.And 7 knows Mrs White well because she seldom comes out of her house or speaks.

    I walk into Mrs White's garden 8 I am nervous（紧张的）.Suddenly I see a tall 9 walking to me. It is Mrs White. I feel 10 when I see her.

    “Is this your 11 ?" she asks.

    I say yes and we'll 12 do it again.

    To my surprise， Mrs White says， "Why don't you kids 13 here? This hoop（篮球架）here is better than yours."

    Wow! We are so glad to hear that !Mrs White is 14 us to play in her garden! We all learn a(n)15lesson: what many people say isn't always true.

    Donald was not very good at maths. He could not understand the teacher's 1. Even when the teacher explained something again, Donald still could not 2it. “Never mind,” Donald told himself. “I'm quite good at other 3. I cheat (作弊) in the maths exam, then I won't be in4.”

    “My deskmate Brian Smith is best at maths,” he thought, “and I'll be able to 5his answers.”

    The day of the exam came, and Donald sat 6Brian Smith, who always sat at the front of the 7. Donald carefully copied Brian's answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher 8the papers and graded (评分) them.

    Then she said, “Well, boys and girls, I've decided to give a9to the student who got the highest grade. It's 10for me to decide whom I will choose, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the 11grade.”

    “Let them share it.” one of the 12said.

    “I've thought about that,” the teacher said, “but I've chosen Brian.”

    Donald was 13when he heard this. He stood up and said, “That's not fair.”

    “That's 14,” the teacher said. “However, Brian's answer to Question 18 was 'I don't know.' Yours was 15do I.' ”

    Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their masters(主人) ask them to do and they do their duty very well.

    Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his1.He likes running and playing with me. He likes to 2my father around in the fields, too. One day my father took off his coat, put it on the ground 3 a big tree and said to Curly, " 4 my coat."

    Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to5dinner for the family.6he went home and forgot all about his coat and the dog.

    Late in the evening I7my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly, Curly!" But Curly did not answer.

    Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket(口袋) .Suddenly he remembered8he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was9sitting on the coat！He was afraid someone would take it 10.

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I had a colorful year in 2023. 

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My Busy Mother

My mother is always the busiest（最忙的） in my family.

"Simply avoid her. " Abby listened closely, as I continued, "If she says any more 1 things to you, I'll go to your teacher. I'll make sure you are never in a (n) 2 where you have to sit next to her again."

At that time, Allyson, my then eight-year-old, came to 3 us and listened to every word. Neither of my daughters interrupted (打断) as I finished my heartfelt speech, filled with 4 wisdom. Then, as I was telling them what I thought right, Allyson's real words of 5 came about. "Mom," she said, "I was just thinking. Maybe Abby should be that girl's 6 so that she can bear (容忍) her. In that way, she can let that girl see forgiveness (谅解) and 7 through her."

Hmm, I became the 8 . At that moment, I realized that although I was wearing the "mother's hat", the "hat" certainly didn't make me 9 all the time. In fact, I wanted to pull that hat over my face and hide myself so that they couldn't see my 10 look. 

"Yes, that's a good point," I commented (评论), 11 a half smile at my girls. "Abby, you deal with this situation the way you think is right. " "OK, " she said, giving me a quick hug before walking out of the door and off to school. "Bye, Mom! " Allyson called, 12 her big sister to go out of the door. 

I was left alone—in my slippers (拖鞋). In those following 13 moments, I was lost in thought. I did feel 14 my two amazing daughters—small in size but big in heart. Sometimes our children have great lessons to teach us—15 we are willing to listen. 

That lesson came more than ten years ago, and I'll never forget how much I have learned from my children.