“Whoa, boy,” Sarai said, holding out a hand to her horse. “You heard what Dad said yesterday. If I can’t get this halter (缰绳) on you today, we’ll have to send you back to the rescue farm. I don’t want to send you back. Don’t you want to stay with me?”
She searched around in the bag. Inside were a variety of yummy horse treats. “Let’s try this again, Amadore.” Sarai pulled out an apple-flavored biscuit and held it out, palm flat. The horse reached toward her hand with his nose, sniffing her.
She held her own breath so as not to scare him. Another inch and she could touch his silky, soft nose. In her excitement, she rushed it and took a step forward. Amadore snorted and stumbled back into the far comer of the stall (马厩).
She frowned (皱眉) at his response to her, brokenhearted.
“I know what your problem is,” a voice said from the stall door. Sarai threw a look over her shoulder, “Who are you?”
“I’m Cody,” the boy said, smiling. “And I know what your problem is. It’s your face,”
“Excuse me?” Sarai’s eyebrows hit the roof, and her fists clenched in instant anger. “How dare you!” She turned on her heel to walk out of the stall, but Cody called out to her.
“No, no. I didn’t mean anything bad. You’re not ugly or anything. It’s your frown.”
Sarai frowned at him.
“Yes, like that,” Cody said, recovering some of his cheer. “You’re frowning at Amadore when you’re approaching him.”
Sarai half rolled her eyes. “What does that have to do with anything?”
“How about we do a little experiment?” Cody suggested. “Here’s the camera. Can you take two photos for me? In one, I’ll flash a big, toothy smile, and in the other, I’ll show an angry face with my teeth out.”
A minute later Cody and Sarai ran off to print the pictures.
“Now,” said Cody, once they were back at the stall. “I’ll show him the pictures.”
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Cody stepped in, holding the “happy” photo in front of his face like a mask.
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On Saturday, the animal shelter is filled with voices. I can’t see the kitties because I’m blind. I listen hard. Do any of those meows sound like kitten meows?
“I don’t think I hear any kittens (小奶猫), Mom,” I say.
“You’re right, Annie. But there are lots of cats, fat ones, skinny ones…”Mom holds my hand. The shelter director, Mrs. Pat, takes us inside the cat pen. I sit down and stretch out my hands to pet the kitties. A big, warm kitty sits down against my side. “Sammy likes you, Annie. He’s the big one,” Mrs. Pat says.
“I like him, too.” I pet Sammy’s soft, furry coat, his loud purr rumbling under my fingers. “Will Sammy get adopted today?” I ask.
“Maybe,” says Mrs. Pat. “He’s an older kitty, and most people want kittens. But he’s so loving, maybe today will be his turn.”
My mom and I take a pregnant cat, Muffin, home with us. We’ll care for her until she has her kittens. And I can keep one kitten for myself!
One morning, I get a surprise! I can feel soft, mewing little bundles inside the box with Muffin! Mom told me there are six. They’re all about the same size, except for one. He’s big! “Like Sammy,” I say.
“Not quite that big,” Mom says with a laugh.
When I hold them to my cheek, they feel silky and smell sweet and oaty, like a field of summer grass. Their mews are high and tiny.
“So, do you know yet which kitten you’ll keep?” Mom asks me one day.
I bounce on my knees, saying “Oh! How do I choose?”
“Well, try to listen to your heart,” Mom says.
Should it be Jet-Jet, with the long tail? Or Mimi, with the tiny voice? Or should it be Mr. Motor, the one with the humming purr? A purr like Sammy’s, I think. All the kittens are fun. But which is the right one?
On Monday, the shelter is quiet. I still can’t decide which one to keep. Mom asks me to stay in the cat room and pick my kitty while she takes care of the paperwork with Mrs. Pat.
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I sit down and open the carrier.
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When Mom and Mrs. Pat come back, Sammy is sleeping in my lap.
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Alex stared through the cabin window at the darkness. Soon his dad would call him. “We're ready, ” Dad said as he came in from the porch. “Grab your rod.” Alex turned away from the window and slowly picked up his fishing rod.
“We should have done this before, ” Dad said. “Let's go catching a big one! Maybe we can see some rare insects and animals, such as fireflies and whippoorwills!” Dad picked up his tackle box, rod, and bait can from the porch.
They walked down the hill toward the lake. The only thing Alex could see was the circle of weeds and rocks at their feet.
Insect voices filled his ears. Hundreds of bugs waited in the dark to attack. “Mosquitoes, ” Dad said. “I brought some spray to keep them off.”
Suddenly something rushed past Alex's head. He gasped. “What was that？”
“Probably a bat, ” Dad said.
“Will bats be flying around our heads the whole time?” “This is their time to be out catching insects, ” Dad explained. “They won't hurt you.” He pushed the boat off the gravel and jumped in.
Dad rowed to the middle of the lake and stopped. “We'll just let the boat drift for a while. Keep the flashlight in the bottom of the boat. The fish won't bite if they see light flashing around. When we're done baiting our hooks, we'll turn the light off.”
Leaning down to get closer to the light, Alex tried to thread a worm on his hook, but he couldn't seem to work his fingers right. So what if the worm was only partly on the hook? He didn't want to fish anyway. He didn't even want to be here.
Dad switched off the flashlight, and the night fell over them like a heavy cape. “I can't see anything, ” Alex said weakly.
“The moon's half full. It gives us some light, ” Dad said.
Alex looked up. Surely enough, there was the moon. And he could see the shoreline and the dark forms of trees.
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Looking into the trees on the shore, Alex noticed tiny points of light twinkling there.
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Dad took a sandwich from his jacket pocket and handed it to Alex.
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“All done!” Stephen placed a bowl by the sink. “Let’s swim.” “Swimming! I just can’t get used to it in December,” Martine said. All Stephen had heard since his American cousin, Martine, arrived in Australia were stories about snow and fireplaces. Stephen had only seen snow in pictures.
Suddenly, a loud splash (落水声) came from the backyard. “Mr. Baker’s dog, Max, must be taking a quick swim again.” Stephen rolled his eyes upward. Martine followed Stephen as he went to the pool and stopped, truly shocked. In the water was a round and hairy ball that looked like a wet bear.” A koala bear!” Martine sounded happy as the animal splashed water over his ears. “In fact, you know, he isn’t a bear.” Stephen told her. “He’s a marsupial (有袋动物), like a kangaroo.”
Martine and Stephen sat on the edge of the pool and watched. The koala swam, and then floated on his back until he headed for the opposite side of the pool across from Stephen and Martine. The koala tried to pull himself out, but the pool wall was too slippy.
“He can’t get out,” Martine said. “We’ve got to help him.” Stephen kicked off his shoes and stepped quietly into the pool. By the time Stephen reached the frightened animal, the koala was moving to the metal ladder (梯子). Stephen put his arms under the koala and gave him a push. Martine lifted the animal onto the solid ground. The koala shook himself before climbing across the grass and up the nearest tree.
“We’ve never seen a koala in the pool before,” Stephen said, “but koalas love to swim. My teacher said that backyard pools are often the places where koalas have accidents in Australia.” “What if he falls in when no one is at home?” Martine asked. “All the koala needs is something rough to hang on to,” Stephen replied, “so that he can pull himself right out.” After hearing what happened, Stephen’s mom said, “There is some leftover carpeting in the house. You can use that.”
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Stephen and Martine found the carpet in a corner and carried it to the pool.
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Finally, there came the familiar splash several weeks later.
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It was a cold winter. My husband broke up with me. Our 35 years of marriage ended. Shocked, angry, sad and anxious, I packed up my few things, including flower seeds harvested from our flower bed — I loved flowers and was quite good at growing them. Carrying the personal belongings, I rented a small house and moved to a neighborhood where I didn’t know a single person.
The day after I moved in came proof that at least one of my new neighbors was friendly. I found a gift bag beside my back door. Inside were a square basket (designed for feeding wild birds) and three cakes. The note that accompanied it said, “I’m Julie. I live in the house right behind yours. I don’t know if you’re a birdwatcher, but we have lots of them in this neighborhood. Enjoy!”
I hung the basket on a tree branch outside my kitchen window, where some beautiful wild birds found it within minutes. Suddenly, I felt a little less lost and lonely. That was, until the very next day, when an unexpected winter storm came in. Ice and snow covered my driveway and the steep (陡峭的) road in front of my house. Tree branches bent under the weight of the snow, threatening power lines. Temperatures dropped sharply. Although I knew that pacing the floor and rubbing my hands wouldn’t change anything, I paced and rubbed anyway. Even if workers from the local traffic department cleared the roads, they wouldn’t clear my driveway. How would I get to the grocery store? And if the electricity went out, how would I stay warm? I had a fireplace but not a stick of firewood.
The snow finally stopped falling, but the temperature was still low. While shaking in my front yard one afternoon, I noticed my across-the-street neighbor clearing his driveway using his shovel (铲子). I introduced myself and learned that his name was Jerry. “I don’t have a snow shovel,” I said. “May I borrow yours when you’re finished?”
“Of course,” he told me. “I’ll leave it beside your front door when I’m done.”
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Several hours later, I went outside again.
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Spring arrived, and I decided to grow flowers to repay my neighbors’ kindnesses.
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Edun did not want to go on a hike. She especially did not want to go on a long hike in the mountains that led to a tiny cabin (小木屋) with no electricity and no running water. She wanted to stay home reading a book instead while wrapped in a warm blanket.
“Ready?” Mom asked cheerfully after breakfast. Edun looked out the window and only saw rain, lots of it. “We should go another day,” Edun suggested. “Maybe a hundred years from now.” She worried she would get tired on the hike. She worried about getting bored at the dark cabin. Mom said it was time to stop worrying and get into the car.
Edun’s brother, Will, was waiting in the garage, who wore a camera around his neck. Will was four years older than Edun and had climbed many more mountains. He’d started hiking when he was two and loved it.
Because it was raining, Edun had to wear her rain pants, her rain hat, her rain jacket, and her waterproof boots. Her jacket had a rough material on the inside. She didn’t like how it felt against her skin.
After about half an hour’s drive, they parked at a trailhead (登山口). The rain had stopped but the ground was still dripping(滴下) wet. “We’ll be there by afternoon!” Mom promised. The afternoon sounded far away.
Will identified a bird sitting on a nearby branch—“Fox sparrow!”—then he raced down the trail and was soon out of sight.
Edun rested under a pine tree. “You can’t force me to walk,” Edun said. “You’re right,” said her mom smilingly, standing under the tree, too, “But you will never know what may lie ahead and amaze us.”
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Thinking Mom was right, Edun followed her down the trail.
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Twenty minutes later, they saw the cabin.
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December 24 arrived along with a heavy snow. It was my first Christmas Eve without my mother, and the days with excitement had disappeared.
I was extremely sad and could not control my feeling of missing my mother when the telephone rang. I ignored it and went to my bedroom to bury the continuous sadness, knowing it must be my friend Jenny calling. How could I be joyful? I wanted to be left alone.
My heart felt as heavy as the falling snow. How can I stop missing my mother?
I looked through the window. Seeing Jenny’s car parked out front, I went back to my bed and drew the covers over my head.
“Lucy!” she shouted, “I know you’re there. Answer the door, please!”
“Leave me alone!” I shouted back. I heard paper rustling (沙沙响) as she put something under the door.
“Merry Christmas!” she called out.
Not answering the door made me feel even worse. It wasn’t fair to my best friend. Her father and sister died in a car accident when she was eight years old. As a result, her mother had to return to work and Jenny was left to look after herself.
After she left, I carried the small package, sat down and opened it. Inside was a golden pen and a journal. When I opened the journal’s front cover, out fell a bookmark with a message written on it:
Dear Lucy,
My words won’t heal (治愈) the pain. But your own words can.
Love,
Jenny
As I stared at the journal’s blank pages, a single tear fell on the page. After calming myself down, I picked up the phone and dialed her number.
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Jenny answered the phone quickly.
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When I opened the door, I saw Jenny smiling at me.
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