In Canada, you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good     16    . Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections so that they won’t carry diseases. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of stores. Some people     17     around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people’s houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that     18     every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it. People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family ties are not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel     19    . But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

Everybody likes to have a good time, but do you know that laughing is     20     with your health. Scientists believe that laughing can help your body     21     illness. Because of this, an Indian doctor opened the first laughter club in 1995.

There are now more than 1, 000 laughter clubs around the world. A laughter club is a place where you can go to laugh your way to happiness. Steve Wilson, the man who took laughter clubs to America, said, “We laugh     22     each other, but never at each other. At first, the laughter exercise feels a bit false. But soon the laughter becomes real.”

Laughter is very     23     when we communicate with other people. It helps us make friends and understand each other better. We can laugh with people all over the world. It is the same in any language. So never be afraid to laugh. It’s also good for you.