There are two people working on a small farm. They are father and _________ The father gets up early every day and then starts to _________ books by the window.

One morning, the son comes up to _________ and says, “Dad, I read books at night carefully, but I forget(忘记)most of them the next morning. Can reading _________ us a lot?”

The father doesn’t say anything. Then he gives a dirty _________ to his son. The father says, “My son, go and _______ some water from the river. And then I will tell you the _________.”

The son goes to the river _________ the basket in his hand. He _________ many times to get water with the basket, but every time the water leaks(漏了).

An hour later, the son comes back and looks unhappy. He tells his father it is __________ to get water with the basket.

The father says with a smile, “Yes, you are __________, my son. We can not get water with the basket, but do you __________ the basket is different?”

After hearing his father’s words, the son looks at the basket __________.And he finds that the basket is not a dirty one but a __________ one.

The father says, “Reading is like getting water with the basket. We may forget all we read, __________ we can become a good man when we are reading. Do you think so?”

The next day, the swallow flies back to the Happy Prince. “I have come to say goodbye,” he says.

“Little swallow,” says the Prince, “will you stay with me just one more night?”

“It is winter,” answers the swallow, “and the snow will soon be here. In Egypt, the sun is warm, and my friends are waiting for me.”

“In the town square,” says the Happy Prince, “there is a young girl who sells matches. She has dropped her matches onto the ground, and now no one will buy them. Her father will hit her if she does not bring home some money, and she is crying. Take out my other eye and give it to her, and her father will not hit her.”

“I will stay with you just one more night,” says the swallow, “but I cannot take out your other eye. You will not be able to see if I do.”

“Little swallow,” says the Prince, “do as I say.” The swallow takes out the Prince’s other eye and drops the jewel into the match-girl’s hand.

“What a lovely bit of glass,” cries the little girl. She is very pleased and runs home laughing.

Then, the swallow flies back to the Prince.” “You cannot see now,” he says, “so I will stay with you always.”

The Torch Festival is a traditional (传统的) festival in China. The Yi, Naxi and Bai peoples in China celebrate it every year. It is usually on the 24th or 25th day of the sixth lunar month and people often celebrate it for 2 or 3 days.

Why do they have this festival? There are many stories. One is about locusts (蝗虫). It says that there are many locusts on a farm. All the farmers don’t know what to do. A clever and kind man tells them to use torches to kill (捕杀) the locusts. At last, they kill all of the locusts. Then they have the torch festival to celebrate it.

During the festival, people put the torches up in front of every house. At night, everyone takes the torches out and walks around the fields and the houses. Also, people have many activities like singing, dancing and horse races.

The Torch Festival is a very exciting festival. It brings lots of fun to people. And every year many visitors come to enjoy it too.

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