A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maiyuwa, a small village. They lived with the man's big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

    Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents' home. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

    It went to the woman's home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal. So she went back to her husband's home.

    Here is a picture of my birthday party. My friends and I are all very happy at the party. Peter is eating the birthday cake. My mother makes it for us and it's delicious. My sister Molly is singing. And Selina is playing the guitar for her. Selina's father is a music teacher and he teaches Selina to play the guitar. Dave is talking about basketball with my brother. Where am I? I'm in front of Dave.

Father's Day is coming. Our teacher tells us to ask our dads questions to know them more. I can't remember seeing my dad cry, 1 I ask him :"Do I make you cry before?"

"Yes, there's once,"he says.

He tells me that when I was one year old, he put a pen, a piece of paper money, and a toy 2 me. He wants to see which one I will choose. It's a tradition that a lot of Chinese people do on their kids' 3 birthdays. According to this tradition, it shows 4 the kids will value* most when they grow up. For example, if the kid takes the 5 , it means he or she will be an intelligent*person in the future. If the kid takes the money, it means he or she will value money more than others and will become rich. If the kid takes the toy, it means he or she will like fun things and 6 a lot.

My father is just doing it out of curiosity*. It is 7 for him to see which one I will choose anyway.

He says that I just sit there and look at the three things. He sits across from me and waits to see what will happen.

I move to him and push* 8 away. I go right into his arms and laugh 9 . He doesn't know that he is one of the choices.

And that is the first and only time I make him 10 .

Today is my birthday. I am happy to prepare(准备) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} party at home. My mother makes a birthday cake and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}( buy) some delicious snacks. My father gets some {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( decoration) ready. As for me, I think {#blank#}4{#/blank#} some games.

Many friends come to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(I) party in the evening. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}( one), we eat a birthday cake and enjoy all the yummy food. Next, we write down some wishes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} put them on the" wishing tree". My English is poor, so I want to get {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( good) at English. After that, I open my gift and there {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( be) an English story book in the box. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} happy I am!

When I was young, my mum always encouraged me to do new things. She often said, "Have a try!" She didn't allow me to 1 at the very beginning until I tried it. Over the years, I have realized my 2 mainly comes from keeping those words in mind.

After leaving university, I started working in a big business （公司）. I just wanted to work for a short time until I decided on my career（职业）. At that time, my attention wasn't on the 3 itself. I thought I would work for several years, get married, stay home and take care of a family. However, I was 4 . I've worked for the same business for 28 years. I've got many chances to 5 different positions （职位） in the business. I've 6 every change of my position. Whether I was doing my daily work or finding new solutions, I liked learning and growing in each position. I've found that I have many talents and skills, because I 7 try new things. I´ve also found that if I put what I 8 into practice and work hard to achieve my dreams, I can succeed.

Today, I am so excited and thankful to become the top of the business. Another 9 has come and I am ready to take it, no matter what difficulty there will be. Thanks to the words "Have a try!", I become 10 enough to take every new challenge.