A dog found some meat. He got it and ran away asas he could. On his way home, he had to goa small river. Just as he was going over, he looked down. In the river, he saw a dog withmeat. 

"l must have that meat, too, "he said. "Iit from that dog. "As he opened his. His own piece fell, and was lost in the water. 

An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for  Most of it was very cheap. The  thing was a basket of red fruit. 

"How much per kilo?" the old man 

"Two rupees（卢比）, "the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing,  the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it. 

However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began  , his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as red  the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and  , screaming, " Ah!Ah!Ah!"

And yet he continued to eat the fruit. Some people who were looking at him shook their and said, "You are crazy! Those are chili pepper（辣椒）!You can't just eat them by the handful!"

The old man said to himself, "I paid for them, so I must eat them. "

This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we so much smarter? All of us have spent money and time on something—maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job—and sometimes, even if we know there's no hope that things will change, we still continue with it, 

What we can learn the old man is this; if you've lost a lot over something that doesn't work, let it and move on. It's better than continuing to lose. 

It was early morning. I got dressed quickly. It was still autumn but colder than usual. It snowed for  days. I forgot  the weather report today, so went out in jacket.

It was still dark, cold and . At that time, I knew I made a mistake. I shook a little bit. , a car stopped and one of my  got out of it. We greeted each other and talked about the bad weather. To my , he took off his coat and handed it to me. He smiled and said. "It's too cold. Put it on." Looking at the warm coat in my hands, I was touched and thanked . After that, he drove away. When I looked up at the sky, I noticed the sky was beautiful and . I  warm inside me and I didn't shake any more.

The world is  of kindness. Love is always there.

A girl went to her father to ask for his advice. She was having a hard time in life. It seemed that when one problem disappeared，another one appeared. It was terrible!

Her father，a cook，took her into the kitchen. He took out pans and poured water into the pans to boil. 

After the water boiled，he put some carrots into the first pan，some eggs into the second pan and coffee beans into the last one. 

After 20 minutes，her father turned off the stove，took out the carrots and eggs and put them in a bowl. He poured the coffee into a cup. 

"Dear，what do you see? "he asked his daughter. 

"Carrots，eggs，and coffee，"she said. 

"Touch the carrots，"he told her. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take an egg and break it. She found that the egg was hard. At last，her father asked her to taste the coffee. 

"What's the meaning，Father? "she asked. 

"The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after boiling. The fragile（脆弱的） eggs became hard in the boiling water. The coffee beans were very special，but they changed the water around them. " her father said，"As you can see，each thing reacted differently to the boiling water. "

"Who are you? "asked her father. "When you have problems，what will you do? Are you carrots，eggs，or coffee? "

Seven years ago，Joyce Akinpe moved to Australia to start a new life，finding an exciting job in Sydney. After the outbreak（爆发）of COVID﹣19，she suddenly lost her job. 

Seeing that there were many others like herself in trouble from the outbreak，Akinpe and her two roommates，Michelle Gomez and Maureen Lee，brainstormed ideas for how to help their local community. They came up with a street pantry（储藏柜）. Gomez said the idea was very simple，"Take what you need and leave what you can. "

With the help of Gomez's father，they built the Blessing Box — a street pantry，with shelves and hanging baskets and two doors made from old furniture. 

It sits just at the back of the three girls' home，so they can look after it. They put some information notices into their neighbors' mailboxes，and the Blessing Box was quickly filled with the donations（捐赠）from the community. "It is the community's strong support that keeps the project alive. " Akinpe said. 

"We now have hundreds of people visiting our box every day. It might only take two hours for the box to be full and next hour it might become empty again. We are now helping others to carry out similar projects in their own communities，too，" Gomez said. 

Lee said things in the box were mostly convenience foods，as well as some necessary life things such as spaghetti and toilet paper. "Few people take everything at once. They think there are other people who need them more. " Lee added. 

There were many people rushing there for donations. The three girls needed to sanitize（消 毒）all the donations and make sure all food packages were not broken. Gomez said that they had no time for rest，but what they did was well worth. 

I have always been big. I am comfortable with my body but there is a price to pay for being different. 

In primary school, I was crazy about gymnastics and was actually the team leader in my final year, but I had to make up for my shortcomings. Long after the other girls had left, I would still be in the school hall, trying my best to practice again and again without the coach around. It took months to master the ribbon(带子) and in the early days, I always got my ribbon in a terrible knot(结). However, I carried on and improved a lot. 

Whenever I went up in a competition, I always got the sense that the crowd did not expect much from an overweight child in front of them. They talked about my weight in low voices. One man even said, "That's the ugliest leotard(紧身衣) I've ever seen and the elephant inside it seems to be much better!" Hearing their words, you could understand my feelings. However, I just kept silent because I decided to let my ribbon do the talking. I worked harder on my ribbon and it showed. 

I was the winner in National Championship that year, but that was not the best thing I got from hours of tiring practice. The best thing was that my body cannot decide who I am. Society seems to believe that overweight people are unhappy with their weight and have low self-confidence, so they never count much. I do not believe that. I believe I can achieve anything because I am bigger than my body. 

Matt is a primary school student who loves playing with little animals. One day, when he was on ( he ) way to school, he saw a homeless cat sitting in a box. It was a black-and-white cat with bright eyes. The cat was so cute Matt couldn't help playing with it.

The longer Matt played with cat, the more he liked it. The little cat followed him as he left for school. Matt then decided ( take ) the cat to school with him. He put the cat in his schoolbag went to school happily.

After Matt entered the class, he told some  ( classmate ) about the cat. As he opened the schoolbag to show them the cat, it suddenly jumped out and ( start ) running around the classroom. It even jumped onto the teacher's desk! Everyone in class was ( excited ) than ever before. Just at that time, the teacher came in and caught the cat ( quick ). Matt felt embarrassed and his face turned red.

To Matt's surprise, the teacher came up to him a smile, saying, " Matt, it's nice of you to lend a helping hand to homeless animals, but you are not allowed to take it to school. "

Max Woosey is a 12-year-old boy. He has slept outside in storms, snow and heat waves, but now he's coming indoors.

After two years of (sleep) in a tent, Max, who has raised over £700, 000, is about to remember what a bed (feel) like. "I'm still going to be in my tent a lot," said Max. "But now I've done two years. If there's a big, (danger) storm coming, I may come inside. "

Max began camping out in March 2020. At that time, old neighbor of his, Rick Abbott, who was (serious) ill, gave Max a tent and told him to take a risk with it. Later Max decided to camp out to raise money the hospital that cared for Rick. Max didn't think he would keep going a long time, it went on and on.

Over the two years, Max has been through around 15 tents and has had camping (trip) in many places. He even slept on a hotel balcony (阳台). His dad joined in the tent during last month's Storm Eunice, with Max joking that he (wake) up not by the wind but by his dad's snoring (鼾声)!

It was the summer holidays and our family rented an apartment for a week near the beach. We all went to the beach on  first day and it was fantastic! I did lots of surfing. The sea was really warm! While Mum and Dad were reading  (they) books, my brother Paul was building a big sandcastle (沙堡). He was happy for  (hour)!

On the evening we arrived, my parents were cooking supper when suddenly the computer stopped working. There was no electricity in the apartment! We had to eat our supper in the dark! The electricity didn't come on again  late at night.

The next day, we went to the market. We  (shop) when suddenly dark clouds came over and it started to rain hard. Dad  (drive) us back to the apartment.

When we got back, the rain was coming into Paul's bedroom and his bed was very wet. So for the rest of the holiday he had to share my bedroom.

 the end of the holiday, Mum and Dad were cleaning the apartment when suddenly Dad shouted, "Oh, no!" Paul and I ran into the kitchen.  strange it was! Paul's milk was drunk and my apples  (eat) by a family of mice!

We packed up our things and left the apartment very  (quick)! We were all really glad to get home.