Jenny looked at the store window. There was nothing that she wanted more than a Happy Hannah doll. It was $29.95. Unluckily, Jenny didn't even have the 95 cents.

    As she crossed the street, she thought about doing her brother's housework, cleaning the floor, washing the dishes all month, but even then she would have only eleven dollars. Suddenly, something small and pink in the snow caught her eyes.

    Jenny walked over and picked it up from the snow. It was a beautiful wallet. She opened the wallet and found many dollars and a woman's driver's license in it. Jenny put the wallet into her bag quickly. She turned around and walked back.

    Jenny's heart beat(跳动) fast as she went into the store. She had long dreamed about this moment, but something didn't feel right. As she got to the Happy Hannah dolls, she pushed away her feelings. She grabbed(抓起) one and walked toward the checkout.

    As Jenny was waiting to pay, her mobile phone rang. It was her grandma. Jenny's heart was suddenly filled with love and warmth when she thought of her. She put the doll down and answered the phone.

    “Hi, Grandma? I'm going to be a little bit late tonight...Alright...I love you, too.” Jenny left the store and walked all the way to 301 West Street. The woman who answered the door looked sad.

    “Here, I found this in the snow,” Jenny said.

    “Oh, good God! This is the money for the orphanage(孤儿院)! Thank you!”

    After doing her brother's housework for three months, Jenny finally got a Happy Hannah doll. She was so happy because she could play with her doll and look her grandma in the eye.

    Once a king got two nice falcons(猎鹰)from his son. He had never seen such beautiful falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer to train them to fly.

    After several months, the king came to see how the training was going on. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky, while the other was staying on the branch(树枝) of a tree quietly, just keeping still.

    The king called all his falcons together and ordered them to try every way they could to make the other falcon fly. But none of them succeeded. One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest, an idea came to his mind. Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well could solve this problem. He sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.

    The next morning, the king saw the other falcon flying above in the sky freely. “It is unbelievable !” shouted the king. How could you make it happen?”

    The farmer replied, “It's very easy. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested.”

    It is always the same to human beings. We all have “two flying wings” in our hearts as well, but we often seem not to notice them and stay where we just for safety and comfort. We won't realize we can fly so high and freely until the “branch” we are resting on breaks.

Some volunteers in Egypt（埃及） are teaching the children of refugee(难民 ){#blank#}1{#/blank#} from many African countries.

Chris Rupke teaches at the African Hope School in Ma'adi,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} town near Cairo. Rupke says that some of the children he teaches{#blank#}3{#/blank#}one or both of their parents. Rupke adds that one boy was so badly influenced {#blank#}4{#/blank#}his experience that he was unable to speak. Then, a psychologist（心理学家） at the school got him to draw pictures of everything that had happened before.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, after {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the pictures and working with the psychologist, the boy started to talk. Now, the boy is much {#blank#}7{#/blank#} than before.

Teacher Jean-Pie has worked at the African Hope School {#blank#}8{#/blank#} 2003.

Jean-Pie said that when he began, he met 6 refugee children under Cairo's bridges and in its public gardens. He tried his best{#blank#}9{#/blank#} them to come to school. At the refugee schools, most classesare taught in English. The students learn Maths, Arabic, Science, etc.

All the teachers there are nice and responsible（有责任感的）. They hope what they have done can really make a big{#blank#}10{#/blank#}to those refugee children.

Have you ever unlocked a shared bike? Have you ever ordered a meal online? Have you ever enjoyed watching the short- form videos on the Internet? Well, if no one had invented the cell phone, none of these would have been possible.

Luckily, someone did invent the cell phone. That person is Martin Cooper, and he did that 51 years ago, in 1973.

Cooper used to work for Motorola. In the 1970s, the company was competing with AT&. T, a larger company, to make a cell phone system. Cooper didn't think Motorola's product was good enough. He didn't like AT&T's idea of a car phone, either. The man had a new idea. He wanted to make it possible for people to talk on their phones anywhere.

It took Cooper and his team 90 days to design the world's first cell phone. The product was called Dyna TAC. People could talk on it for 25minutes before its battery（电池）died. The phone's short battery life wasn't a big problem, Cooper once joked. Why? Well, the phone was too heavy（1,100 grams）to hold in hand for more than 25minutes!

On 3 April, 1973, Cooper made the world's first public cell phone call. He called Joel Engel, an AT&T manager. Cooper told Engel, "I'm calling you on a cell phone. It's a real, handheld cell phone." On the other end of the line, there was only silence.

Cell phones have changed a lot since that first call. They're much smaller and can do many more things. Cooper, now 96, is surprised at the progress.

But the man has also kept thinking about life in the future. "Keep learning all your life," he says, "or you'll lose the ability to learn-- that would be terrible!"

It was a hot summer night. Rachel was lying on her bed, sleepless.

" Rachel ," Grandma whispered." Get up. I have something to1 you."

 Rachel rolled over." What is it ?"

" Just 2 your shoes and come with me ," Grandma said.

 Hand in hand, 3 walked down the stairs and crossed the kitchen. Rachel shut the door softly, 4 she wouldn't wake her parents up.

 Today, Rachel and her parents drove two hours to New York City to visit her sister, Claire, at sleepaway camp. Then they drove to' Uramdma's house in this quiet country. No matter how Rachel had begged her parents. to let hei go to the 5 with Claıre, they disagreed. Rachel6 her sister so much that she wasn't in the mood(心情) to do anything.

 Outside, it was so dark. Grandma turned on a flashlight and started walking. Her shoes madea shh - shh sound in the grass .

" Where are we going ?" Rachel asked a little 7 , with her hands holding Grandma's tightly(紧紧地).

" You' ll see." said Grandma.

 They reached the edge of the woods behind the house. Grandma smiled at Rachel, then stepped into the forest. Some 8 appeared out of the darkness.

" What are they ?" Rachel asked.

" They' re little fireflies." said Grandma.

 They followed the lights deeper into the woods. 9 , they arrived at a clearing (林中空地) , and Grandma turned off her flashlight. Fireflies were 10 .

" They' re talking to one another," Grandma said." They talk 11 light."

" What are they saying?" Rachel asked.

"I really don't know," Grandma said." It's a secret language. Spend enough time with them , and maybe you'll find it out."

 For a long while, Rachel watched the lights. She 12 this clearing was the situyupway camp. She and her sister were two of the fireflies. They were flashing each other 13 , telling each other secrets. They are connected .

 Walking back to Grandma's house, Rachel wasn't 14 at all. She asked Grandma15 they could do that the next day. She gave her a big smile.

 Gwen walked into the gym(体育馆) for her next basketball class. The coach asked each girl to join {#blank#}1{#/blank#} team. There {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) six girls each team. But Gwen didn't know any of her teammates. All of her friends were in the other {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(team). She was sad. "I feel ill. May I go to the doctor?" asked Gwen. The coach could see through the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(girl) excuse(借口). So he refused. Gwen felt much sadder than ever and begged(恳求), "I don't know any of these girls! Let me join another team." "Why not have a try? You are likely to make new friends {#blank#}5{#/blank#} them." the coach said. Then a girl smiled at her. "Hi, I'm Stephanie. Join {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(we) and we' ll be friends soon." Gwen was surprised, but she nodded. When the game stared, Gwen {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(play) as well as she could. She took a long shot(投篮). The basketball went right through the hoop(篮筐)!

"That was surprising! " said a girl. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(sudden), Gwen fell down and hurt herself. All her teammates ran over {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(help) her. Gwen said,"I'm fine. Let's keep playing!" Finally, Gwen and her team won! The game connected Gwen's team together {#blank#}10{#/blank#} brought her a colourful life.