Karl was standing before the queen (女王). "You saved my horse," the queen said. "Now I want to give you a gift." The queen showed him two " boxes. In one box, there were lots of beautiful jewels (宝石), and in the other, there were two chickens.

    "Only one box can be yours," the queen said. "Make a wise choice (明智的选择)."

    "That's easy," Karl said. "I'll take the chickens." Some of the people around them laughed. They thought he made a foolish choice.

    "And why did you choose the chickens?" the queen asked. "Well, I don't know much about jewels," Karl answered. "But I do know about chickens. The chickens will give eggs to my family for a long time."

    The queen smiled. "The jewels you see are only colored glass (玻璃). The chickens are much more valuable ( 宝贵的)," she said. "You made a wise choice." Karl thanked the queen and got the box of chickens.

    "You are a smart man," the queen said. "I need a smart man to help take care of my horses. Would you like the job?" Karl smiled and said, "Yes. Thank you!"

    The job paid well. Now Karl's family could have a good life   all because of his choice.

    David was a fifteen-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man, but his parents didn't think so. They told him, When you begin to think about helping others, you'll be a young man.”

    One afternoon, his parents gave David some money to buy some bread in a super- market. He saw an old woman there. The old woman looked very tired. David went up to her and found that the old woman lost her money and didn't have anything for her lunch. David took the old woman to go to the restaurant. But the old woman only ordered a glass of water for herself. David felt sorry for her, so he asked the waiter to bring the woman some bread and a cup of coffee. The old woman was so hungry(饿的） that she ate up all the food very soon. After that, she told David that she would never forget his kindness(慈善).

    David felt very happy. He thought he became(变成）a real young man.

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    Chris and Jessica live in Miami，Florida.They are packing(收拾行李)now.They're going away for a three-­week vacation tomorrow.They're going to rent(租)a house near a small lake about 100 miles north of the city.

    Chris is a carpenter(木匠)and he works hard.He often works ten hours a day，and he makes good money.He helps to build and repair houses.He likes his job and Miami.

    Jessica spends a lot of time working in her office and taking people to see houses.Her job and her family keep her busy.She gets little time to read and relax during the year.

    Chris and Jessica enjoy the quiet of the country.Chris loves fishing.He is going to rent a boat and he will go fishing on the lake for four or five hours every day during the vacation.

    Jessica doesn't like fishing，but she's an excellent swimmer.She is going swimming every afternoon during the vacation.After that，she will sit in the yard and read for a few hours.She especially likes to read novels.

Both Chris and Jessica believe that they will have a great time there!

It must have been around nine O'clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark. As I came near to the gates I turned off the headlamps of the car so as to prevent the beam(光)from swinging in through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me. But needn't have done so, I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway— unless he had fallen asleep while reading. I put the car away and went up the steps. Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack's room. He was in bed awake but he didn't even turn towards me.

    "What's up, Jack?" I said.

    "For God's sake(看在上帝面上), don't make a noise," he said.

    The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself a serious injury(伤害).

    "Take your shoes off, Neville," Jack said.

    I thought that he must be ill and that I had better humour (迁就)him to keep him happy, "There's a snake here" he explained, "It's asleep between the sheets. I was lying on my back reading when I saw it. I knew that moving was out of the question. I couldn't have moved even if I'd wanted to." I realized that he was serious. "I was relying on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home." Jack went on." It hasn't bitten me yet but I daren't do anything to upset it. It might wake up. I'm sick of this," he said," I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago."

    There was no time to argue or apologize for being late. I looks at him as encouragingly as I could and went out to telephone the doctor.

    Jenny Miller was a strange little girl. She liked to spend her time alone eating chocolate. Her parents were worried, so they took all the chocolate away.

    Jenny left her house to look for some chocolate. She found a small house full of glasses.

    Among all the glasses, a blue glass caught Jenny's attention. It was full of chocolate. There was also a card in it, saying," Change tears into chocolate. "

    Jenny was very excited. She took the blue glass and ran out of the house to look for someone crying. First, she met a little boy crying hard, and she collected his tears. The tears were quickly changed into chocolate. While Jenny was collecting the tears, she comforted(安慰)the boy. Finally, the boy stopped crying and they had a fun time together.

    Later, Jenny met a woman who had broken some plates and an old man who couldn't find his dog. They were so sad that their tears could not help falling down. Jenny collected their tears and made them happy again.

    Soon, Jenny realized that making people happy was even more important than finding chocolate. So she stopped collecting tears and began to help sad people. As a result, she became friend with them and lived a much happier life than before.