Four good friends Mouse, Crow, Turtle and Deer lived in the forest. Every day they met at the lake and told each other interesting stories.

One day, Deer did not come to the lake. The other three were worried. “I saw ________ hunter in the forest this morning,” said Crow. “I’m afraid Deer might be caught.”

“Fly over the forest, Crow,” said Mouse. “Please see if you can find Deer.”

It ________ him a few minutes before Crow saw Deer caught in a trap made of ropes. He flew back at once to ask the other two ________ help. When they arrived, Mouse and Crow began to break the ropes. Turtle kept ________ to Deer to make her feel better.

Just then, the hunter came back. “Everyone, leave now!” said Turtle.

Deer ran away with Mouse ________. Turtle just lifted up a foot when the hunter got close. “My trap is empty, but a turtle is better than nothing.” said the hunter. “I ________ turtle soup tonight.” The hunter picked Turtle up and started for home.

“Now we all must help our friend Turtle,” said Deer.

Deer lay down on the way. She seemed ________. Crow flew and landed on Deer’s head. The hunter saw Deer, ________ he put Turtle down to get Deer. As soon as the hunter left Turtle, Mouse ran up and helped Turtle ________ in the forest. Deer jumped up and ran away.

The hunter went back ________ Turtle, but found him gone. “How scary! There is magic here.” he said to himself in great fear. Then he rushed out of the forest and never came back again. There was magic in the forest that day. That magic was called friendship.

“What’s your favourite sport, Nick?” Mr Rogers asked.       

Nick thought for a moment. Everyone in the class was _______ him. He was worried. He needed a good answer. “I like football,” said Nick in a low voice. Everyone smiled. A few students said, “I like football too.” That was a(n) _______ answer. Nick really liked ice hockey but no one else in his class liked it. He wished he could be honest (诚实的), _______ he worried that they would say things like, “Ice hockey? Why?” or “What is that?” They didn’t know about the sport.

Nick comes from Maryland. In his home town, all children like _______. But in Florida, children love football. He didn’t really understand why they didn’t like hockey. “Ice hockey is a(n) _______ sport, he told his dad. “It’s a pity that no one here likes it.” “Why don’t you invite(邀请) your friends to the next game?” Dad _______. “We can show _______ the sport.” Nick _______ that. He took his friends Dave and Tommy to a game. They knew nothing about ice hockey. They watched the game with great interest and asked Nick many questions about the sport. All of them had great fun.

The next time at school when Mr Rogers asked Nick what his favourite sport was, he said _______, “Ice hockey.” Dave and Tommy smiled and said, “We like ice hockey, too! Nick was   _______. He liked it when other people liked the things he liked. It made him feel like he had friends who understood him.