Once upon a time two princes were playing in a forest. They came across four old men _______ asked them to be more careful.

The first old man had _______ headache and he asked them not to shout. The second old man _______ a picture, and he asked the children to move away because they were blocking out(遮住) the light. The third old man was doing a large jigsaw puzzle in the middle of the road, and he asked the children not to walk on it. The fourth old man was watching a butterfly and he asked them not to frighten _______ away.

The prince who respected _______ did as the old men asked but the disrespectful prince didn’t follow the old men’s suggestions and kept bothering(打扰) them. In the evening, both boys had got separated and _______. They needed to get back lo the palace quickly.

Each of them _______came across the four old men again and asked for their help. They refused to help the disrespectful prince but with the respectful prince they did ________ they could to help and took him along a secret way which led right to the palace.

The other Prince arrived much later and _______ for it. He understood that it’s much better to respect every one _______ you want to have friends.

A boy called Mario had many friends, and he was proud of it.

One day his grandpa said to him. “Mario, I know that you don’t have as _______ friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.”

Mario thought maybe his grandpa _______ right. However, he wasn’t sure _______ he could test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It’s in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there.

“_______ it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it will be hard for you to sit on it. However, if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power to tell who your real friends are.”

Mario took _______ strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair.

“Nobody moves. You’re about to see something _______,” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty _______ it, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait, wait,” said Mario, making another try. But again he missed the seat.

Mario didn’t give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he _______ it. This time he felt _______ in mid-chair. Then he experienced the magic. Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. But some schoolmates whom he used to consider as friends did nothing _______ made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.

Last summer holidays, my classmates and I helped with a charity show. Its aim was to raise money for those children _______ couldn’t go to school in poor areas. We did a lot for that. I felt happy when I _______ to be the host. Though it was exciting, I was very nervous _______ the TV cameras. I knew that lots of people would come to watch the show, also there would be a large audience in front of the TV. As some famous stars would come to the show, one of my duties _______ to introduce each of them. I also had some _______ things to do. So I often worked _______ morning to night. It was hard work, but I was happy. I practiced a lot before the show. I had to remember all the words and do everything right at the same time. At first, I thought I would never be able to do it well. I kept _______ myself not to be nervous. Slowly everything became easier.

The big day came very fast. _______ people came to the show. They donated(捐赠) money and materials. And the local businesses also gave _______ a lot of support. How generous they are! After the show, we sent the donations to those poor children. Soon they wrote back. They were really grateful to us. I was very proud ________ I could help them. I hope more and mote people will help them.

Once there was a little girl living in a small poor house on a hill. As she grew up, she began to play in her small _______. She was able to see over the garden and across the valley a wonderful house high on the hill—and that house had golden windows.

Although she loved her family, she _______ about how wonderful and exciting it must be to live in that golden house all day.

Then she _______ the age when she could play outside her garden fence. She asked her mother _______ she could go for a bike ride outside the gate. Her mother thought for a while and finally allowed her to go. The little girl rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house.

As she leaned(使倾斜) her bike _______ the gatepost she focused on the path that _______ to the house and then on the house _______ and was so _______. All the windows were plain and rather dirty.

She was so sad that she didn’t go any further. Heart broken, she rode her bike back. As she looked up she saw a sight that amazed her. There _______ the valley on the other side was a little house. Its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.

She ________ that she had been living in her golden house all along. Everything she dreamed of was right there in front of her eyes and in her daily life.

When I was a young child, my parents often told me that a positive heart brought man everything. I didn’t understand and wondered why _______ had such a big influence on a person. And now, although I’m just a middle school student, I’d like to _______ my own opinions an this saying.

Once I read a sentence —To make this world a nice place to live in, rather than the whole world you’d better change your heart. It made me lost in thought. There are so many things around us that go _______ our will. We can’t force life to follow our wishes. The earth won’t stop turning whether we accept it or not.

What we can do is just to make ourselves suit the world. I think we should learn to _______ welcome whatever life gives us, the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to get _______ from it.

I have tried to catch every pleasant thing in my life, but I _______ catch most of the pleasant moments such as being hugged by my mother when in fear, being _______ by the teacher when in trouble, and being helped by a stranger when in danger. I realize that I don’t just live alone and that there are others around me I should _______. They all pay attention to my growing up and are proud of my achievements _______ it is just a little progress. It is their care and love that ________ remind me live in a warm and happy world.

Different people may have different attitudes towards life. But there is one rule that should be followed and that is to make the world better.

“Do you like my dress?” a little girl asked the woman. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said _______ tears in her eyes.

“I think it’s very beautiful, but why are you crying?” The little girl answered in a low voice, “_______ Mommy made me this dress, she had to go away.” The woman said, “I’m sure she’ll be _______ soon.” “No. My daddy said that she’s up in heaven now.”

Finally the woman knew what the child _______ and she held the child in her arms while she cried.

Then suddenly the little girl did something strange. She stopped crying and began to _______. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever _______ almost like the song of a very small bird.

After the child stopped singing, she said to the woman, “My mommy used to sing that song whenever I started crying and it would make me stop. See now my eyes are _______!”

As the woman turned to _______ the little girl asked, “Can you stay just a(n) _______? I want to show you something.”

Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress, and here is _______ kiss, and here is.… Mommy did it so that I would have her kisses forever.”

Then the lady knew that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, she was looking at a mother, a mother who put all the love for her daughter into this dress, which her child now so proudly wore. She no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped in her mother’s love.