The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley's mood as he sat on the stoop（门廊）of his building. His father's voice came to him again, first reading the headmaster's letter, then lecturing endlessly about his poor efforts in maths.
“I had to leave school when I was thirteen. That's a year younger than you are now. If I'd had half the chances you have, I' d...And you want to play basketball? That must be some kind of a joke. Now you just get into your room and hit those books.
It was beginning to cool. Soon large drops of rain splashed onto his jeans. Down the block there was an abandoned house. Without much thought, Greg made a dash across the street and entered a room. Suddenly he heard a man's voice behind him.“What are you doing here?"
“Who are you?" Greg hardly recognized his own voice.
“I'm Lemon Brown," came the answer.
He was an old man. It didn't seem that he was dangerous. “You aren't looking for my treasure, are you?” he asked.
“No. It is raining out." Greg answered, smiling. “You have a treasure?"
"Every man has a treasure." Lemon Brown said, “You want to see mine?"
“If you want to show it to me," Greg shrugged.
The old man carefully untied the strings, and revealed some yellowed newspaper clippings （剪报）.
Then he started telling the story of his life. He was a famous blues singer in the past. His wife died young, and his only son went abroad to work.
“I gave him these newspaper clippings that told him who I was, and where he came from. One time I came home, there was a letter saying that he got killed in an accident. It broke my heart. They sent back these clippings. That was my treasure, and when I gave it to him, he treated it just like that, a treasure."
Lemon Brown put his rags in place and looked out of the window.
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“You get on out of here and get yourself home," said Lemon Brown.
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When Greg was walking in the street, the night had warmed and the rain had stopped.
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Christmas was almost here. The snow was fresh and deep on the remote mountain path. Arriving home, Ben said, “I saw two horses trapped by the heavy snow.” Father looked at Jack, the older son. “Well, go take a look. Take the rifle and some hay. If they look as if they can survive, give them the hay. If not...”
The next morning, Ben and Jack set off in the cold, crisp snow. The snowmobile sank a bit in the deep snow, but they kept going. At last they reached the clearing where the horses stood.
“They’re starving!” said Ben. One of the horses had lost a lot of hair, and their tails were almost gone. Their eyes were lifeless and tired. Jack walked around the horses. “Well,” said Jack, sighing, picking up the rifle. “There’s no way to get them down through the snow. And they look pretty bad.”
“No! No!” cried Ben. “We should try,” he pleaded. “How do we know how bad they really are? Dad can get the vet!”
“Well, I don’t know,“ said Jack slowly. He walked around the horses again. He patted the big brown one on the neck. It made a sad, small groaning sound. “Maybe you’re right.”
Ben quickly got the hay and spread it around. The horses ate hungrily, and Ben poured water into a pail for them.
Back at home the family had a hurried meeting.
“What if we put them on a big sled?” Jack said.
“I don’t know how we could get a sled that big up there," Dad sighed. “I think the kindest thing to do is to put them out of their misery.”
“No!” said Ben. “Well just have to shovel(铲)a path or tunnel then.”
His parents raised their eyebrows.
“That’s a long way, and a lot of snow. I don’t know if it can be done,” Dad said, “unless we have an awful lot of people shoveling.” Ben could see he was warming to the idea.
“We’ll find some!” said Ben. He grabbed his coat and boots. “Come on, Jack, let’s go!”
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The two brothers went from door to door asking everyone to come and help.
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Suddenly, a group of snowmobilers arrived with shovels and hot chocolate,
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Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter.
This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of twelve. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money.
Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands. They were excitedly talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night with their brothers or sisters in a low voice.
One could sense they had never been to the circus before. It promised to be highlight of their young lives. The father and mother were at the head of the pack, standing proud as could be. The mother was holding her husband’s hand, looking up at him as if to say, “You are my knight in shining armor(盔甲).”
He was smiling and responding in pride, looking back at her as if to say, “You got that right.” The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly responded, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus.”
The ticket lady gave the price. The man’s wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, and his lips began to shake. The father leaned a little closer and asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady again gave the price. The man didn’t have enough money.
How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight children that he didn’t have enough money to take them to the circus?
Actually we were not wealthy in any sense. So I understand how the kids would feel. I felt sorry for them.
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Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a $ 20 bill and dropped it on the ground. _______________________________________________________________________________________________
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That day my father and I went back to our car and drove home without any tickets.
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It was a sunny day. Sophie and her parents decided to go boating in the park. Sophie was amazed by the calm lake in front of her when she reached the lake. It was so still that it reflected (映出) the clouds above like a mirror. But when Sophie walked excitedly to the shore of the lake, she saw small waves spread out. After a while, the lake became calm again, and the perfect reflection of the clouds returned.
Feeling adventurous, Sophie wanted to discover more about the lake. Her dad saw how excited she was and gave her a life jacket to put on. After they were both ready, they got into a boat to explore the quiet waters. The boatman (船夫) gave her a paddle (船桨) and showed her how to use it. At first, Sophie wasn’t good at using the paddle, but with the help of the boatman, she quickly mastered the technique of rowing.
As they moved further into the lake, they passed over some green and heart-shaped leaves floating on the water. Yellow flowers stood out among the leaves, shining in the sunlight. It looked like something from a beautiful painting.
Then, as they left the area with the flowers behind, a butterfly landed on Sophie’s paddle. “Hi, how beautiful,” she said before it flew away. Sophie tried to paddle softly. “Let’s stay close to the shore,” her dad suggested.
Sophie was excited when she saw a turtle (龟) swimming near them. It had short legs and red and yellow on its neck. “Hi, I’m Sophie. What’s your name? You’ve got four paddles. We only have two,” she told the turtle. She wanted to get a better look, but the turtle swam away. “Was I too loud, Dad? Do you think it’ll come back?” she asked. Her dad just smiled and nodded.
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The lake had more surprises waiting for them.
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