Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake.

    A woman lived in a small house1the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round,2 still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn't have enough 3to buy food.

    The swan was 4to see that. She said to herself, “I'll give one of my5 to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she6to the poor woman's house and left a golden feather on the table without saying7.From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much8than before.

    But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her 9”The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all10feathers when she comes next time.” “Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will 11the swan. She helps us a lot !”But the mother wouldn't listen. When the 12came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers .But suddenly, the golden feathers 13chicken feathers.

    Then ,the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to 14 you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will 15come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.

    Once there was a king called David. He lived in a golden place with his 1. He was rich, but he still loves 2 very much.

    One day, a god called Gory got lost and woke up in the garden of David's place. The king 3 him for some days. Gory was very grateful (感激的) and 4 to give David anything he wanted. David was happy and said, "I would like everything I touch to turn into gold."

    At first David was very 5. He touched a table and it became gold. But as he reached out for an apple, it turned into gold and he couldn't 6 it. David became scared. At that moment, his daughter entered the room. David rushed over to hug her. Suddenly, he realized that his daughter was a 7, golden statue (雕像). David cried 8. Then he turned to Gory. Gory told him to go down to the river and wash his 9. David did as what Gory told. Then he returned to the 10. He found everything changed back when he touched the gold.

    From then on, David didn't care for gold any longer.

I still remember the day when my first grandchild, Noah, was born in the hospital. The room was full of1 from the family. And we hugged each other in excitement and wished he would grow up healthily like other babies. But things didn't go2 as planned. Noah faced lots of health problems from the very beginning. And doctor told us that he would3 to grow up healthily, which broke our hearts. Noah wasn't able to suck (吮吸) like most babies. He couldn't eat on his own. So doctors had to give him a feeding tube (胃食管) just to keep him4 . It was heartbreaking for us to see him go through so much5 . But we lived positively (every day 6 complained about the unfairness. Because we realized we should7 the things life gives us.

Noah is a special and excellent boy. He has come a long way since those early days. He has faced many8 and achieved so much. Today is his 13% birthday. We held a big party outdoors. Many relatives and friends accepted our invitation,9 this party on time. We were thankful that we10 together when facing difficulties. Family is where life begins and love never ends.

Claude Monet brought sunshine into painting. 

He was one of the first artists to work1 .That may sound2 to us today. But before1870, most artists did all their paintings in rooms. They used models dressed up as Greek gods orheroes from history. They painted with dark colors so their pictures would look more3 .

However, Monet and his artist friends4 the rules. They took their paints and brushes to paint lakes, flowers and woods in the open air. They wanted to show5 sunlight made water and boats look at different times during the day. If they painted people, they always painted common people. They used6 colors and painted quickly. 

For years, Monet had7 making money. Sometimes he could not pay the rent (租金) ; sometimes his family had no heat; sometimes they went hungry.8 ,Monet would not give up. 

Today, he is one of the most famous artists ever. Paintings by Monet sell for millions of dollars and9 in museums around the world. We're all lucky that Monet never10 believing in his art. 

It's always a good thing to have a hobby. For Miss Patty, a school bus driver in Erie County, her 1 of knitting（编织）has made her really touch the community.

Miss Patty always wanted to do 2 in her spare time to help the students. After a 3 with one of the students, things took a turn from knitting one hat to knitting more hats.

"The one boy gets on the 4 , and he goes 'what are you doing?' I said, 'I'm5 a hat. He said, 'That would be 6 having such a warm hat in icy winter.' So I said, 'What7 would you like?' That 8 everything," Miss Patty told the local（当地的）newspaper.

Several years have passed since that day, and Miss Patty has already knitted 7,0839 for students in her spare time. Sometimes she will get the 10 favorite color before she begins the project.

What is more moving is that Miss Patty buy all the materials（材料）using her own 11 . Some people do give 12 gift cards around the holidays to help, but she still 13 the materials with a lot of her own money.

Along with making hats for the students that will keep them 14 , Miss Patty also gets praise（表扬）for being a 15 friend to the students.

Can you help me, please? I can not find my daughter. Her name is Mary. Sheis three years old. She is very short. She has a round face, big blue eyes,a small nose anda wide mouth. Her hair is blond. She is in a red shirt and a pink skirt. And her shoes are brown. A yellow toy is in her hands. Please help me find her. My name is Rose White. My telephone number is 318-6290. Thank you!