I have a nice dog. Her name is Maggie. All my families love Maggie. For us, Maggie is not _______ a dog. She’s one of our family.

How _______ is Maggie? She was nine years old last year. _______ is her birthday? It’s on November 27th. Maggie’s _______ birthday is in next month. We want to have a _______ for Maggie on her birthday. When is it? It’s _______ five o’clock in the afternoon. All my family will come to the party.

My mother buys a big birthday cake for Maggie. Maggie likes fruit, _______ the cake has some fruit on it. It’s healthy for Maggie. I buy Maggie a black hat. I think she must _______ nice in the hat. My father buys some small balls. Maggie must be happy to play with _______.

Happy birthday, my _______ Maggie! I’m sure you will have a good time on your birthday!

Peter is very happy because he gets a lot of presents (礼物) for his 10th birthday—he gets a blue hat from his mother, a black watch from his father, a model plane from his uncle, and two books from his grandparents.

Peter’s favorite present is from his father. He takes it to school, but he can’t find it, so he is not happy.

Peter tells his parents about it after getting home. “it’s OK, Peter. We can buy a new (新的) watch for you. But this time, you need to do some things. Is that okay with you?” his parents say.

“It sounds ▲ ,” Peter thinks. So he says, “Yes!”

What does Peter need to do? Eat an egg for breakfast and eat vegetables for lunch! He needs to make his bed every day, too. His parents think in this way, after some days Peter can develop (培养) good habits. Of course he can get a new watch!

Bill is a middle school student. He has many subjects every day. Of all the subjects, he hates (讨厌) math most. After school, he doesn’t want to do math homework because he really doesn’t like it.

After he comes back home one evening, he says to his mom, “I don’t want to have math.” His mom asks him why and he says he doesn’t know what the teacher talks about. He thinks math is not easy for him. His mom thinks for a while and says, “Don’t be disappointed, dear. I can be your math teacher.” “That sounds great!” Bill says happily.

Every day after school, Bill and his mom study math together for one hour. Bill likes his mother’s “classes”. He becomes more and more interested in math.

One day, when Bill goes to bed after doing homework, he finds his mother is doing something at the desk. He opens the door and sees his mother studying math on the Internet. He knows why his mother is good at math.