When Jim was 12, his parents died. He was alone and nobody showed kindness to him. His only friend was ________ dog named Bobby. He gave Bobby enough to eat and drink, ________ sometimes he treated it badly.

One day when he ________ down the street, he saw a young lady drop a bag from her arms. Jim came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” The lady said ________, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. No such kind words ________ to him before. He watched her until she went far away. It was ________ day in his life! In fact, he was so excited that he repeated the ________ words, “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” Then, ________ a low voice, he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Bobby raised its ears. It seemed that the dog understood ________ he said. “Even a dog likes it!” he thought.

“Well, Bobby, I won’t say unkind words to you anymore.” he said. Bobby waved its tails happily. Later, they went past a river. He looked at ________ in it. He saw a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. After that, he saw a nice clean boy.

From then on, he started a new life!

You don’t know me unless you read a book called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I’m Huckleberry Finn. That book ends like this: my best friend, Tom Sawyer, and I found $12,000 in gold in a cave. We became ________. We got $6,000 each.

My mother died long ago and then my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was always drunk and he often ________ me. Then a kind old lady Widow Douglas took me into her home to ________. She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new ________ for me. She read stories to me and taught me to eat ________ at a table. She sent me to school every day.

I hated those new clothes and I missed my old ________. I put on my old clothes and ran away. I was free and happy, but Tom Sawyer found me and made me ________ to live with the lady.

Winter came. The weather got ________. One morning, on my way to school Isaw some footprints on the snow outside the house. My heart jumped. Pap!

“He has ________ my money,” I thought. “And he wants it!”

When I went up to my room that night, there sat Pap—his own self! I thought I would ________ him now, but I wasn’t. I stood looking at him; he sat there—looking at me.

—Taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

A community in Pudong Area, Shanghai, has a “mobile library” with the help of community planners.

The mobile library is a tricycle. The yellow tricycle carries a pink bookshelf. The bright color catches people’s eye easily. On the bookshelf, there are lots of books. Every weekend, the mobile library goes around the community. People can give away or read books.

“Now, people are often too busy to go to the library and read,” Lu, a community planner, said. “So we bring books to their doorsteps. We hope they can enjoy reading instead of spending lots of time on mobile phones.”

To start the mobile library project, the community planners invited eight families in the community to work together. They designed the library, fixed the tricycle, painted the bookshelf and picked books.

Now the mobile library has hundreds of books, and the number is increasing. Many people in other communities give away books to the mobile library and come to read. “I really enjoy reading here. I often bring my family along with me,” a child said.

People of different ages like it very much. It allows people to enjoy reading at their doorsteps and bring great convenience to them. The mobile library also brings parents and children closer and makes the community a warmer place. It is just the ideal place for people to read, learn and relax!