I have a pen pal. Her name is Tina. She is thirteen. She is from Australia. She lives in the country. She is tall and strong. She likes playing chess, basketball and computer games. Basketball is her favourite sport. She plays after school every day. Usually she goes to school by bike. She goes to school by car when she gets up late.

    Today is December 25 th. It's Christmas Day. It's winter now. It's cold, but I'm very happy. Because I can visit my grandparents. We will eat dinner together. I like winter best. I can make a snowman in winter. My mother's birthday is on December 12 th. So I can eat a big birthday cake in December.

Tom : Hello , Lily .
Lily : Hello , Tom . What's your favourite colour?
Tom : It's blue . What's your favourite colour?
Lily : My favourite colour is red.
Tom : What's your favourite letter?
Lily : I love every letter.

    My name is Emily. I am a student at a primary school. My school is not big but beautiful. There are 54 classrooms in our school. My classroom is on the first floor. In my class, I have a good friend. Her name is Alice. We have many hobbies. I like flying kites in spring and making snowmen in winter. She likes flying kites. But she doesn't like making snowmen. She likes having picnics. I usually fly kites with her in the park on Sunday.

    Long long ago, there was a boy called John. He lived with his mother. One afternoon his mother wanted to go out. Before she left, she said to him, "John, while I'm away, stay near the door and watch it all the time." She said this because there were a lot of thieves in their country.

    John sat down next to the door. A few minutes later, one of his aunts came. She said, "Where's your mother?" "She's out," John said. "Oh," said his aunt, "We're going to visit your house. Go and tell your mother."

    His aunt then left, and John began to think, "Mother told me to watch the door all the time, but aunt said, 'Go and tell your mother.'"

    He thought and thought. At last, he had a nice idea. He pulled the door down, put it on his back and went to look for his mother with it.