【推荐1】A man made his living by selling seeds (种子) in the market. To get the best seeds, he had to go to another village to buy some. He went there with one broken bag and another nine. Although the bag was broken, the man would carry it with all the other bags to get the seeds back.

One day, the broken bag thought, “I am just a broken bag with many holes, why does my owner take me along to bring seeds?” It then asked the man, “Why don’t you throw me away? You know I am useless. I drop all the seeds you put in me.”

The man smiled, “I will tell you what good things you have done to me and others.” Saying this, the man took the broken bag outside and said, “Do you see all these trees? These trees are all along the way from this village to the next, from where I buy seeds. These trees have grown from the seeds you have been dropping along the way.”

The man continued, “These trees give tired people places to have a rest and also give oxygen (氧气) to humans and animals. Can’t you see you’ve made a difference to people?” The broken bag was happy to lean all this. It showed that everyone has something good to offer to the world!

In a small village, there was an old man named Ryan. He was very clever and he could always give you useful advice. One day his young nephew Keith came to visit him. Keith was sad and worried about his little progress in learning the guitar. However hard he tried, he just couldn’t improve.

Keith asked his uncle for advice. “Follow me,” said Ryan, and he led Keith up to the high hills around the village. This road was long and difficult but Keith followed the old man. As they got higher, Ryan said that he needed to go to the top of the highest hill where he had never been to. Keith didn’t know why but decided to help his uncle.

It was really difficult for Ryan, so Keith helped the old man climb the hill. Sometimes Keith even carried the old man on his back. Finally, they got to the top. He put his uncle back on the ground and smiled happily.

“Do you remember the times when you were a little boy? Sometimes you returned home unhappily,” said Ryan. “The other children teased you. Do you remember why?”

Keith looked around and nodded. He remembered that as a child he often played on the hills with other children. They called this hill Mount Impossible, because small children couldn’t get to its top. “At that time I couldn’t get here,” said Keith. “But the bigger kids had no problem.”

“And today,” said Ryan, “you not only climbed here, but also helped me be here.”

“I became bigger and stronger.”

“You didn’t climb Mount Impossible every day, but you played on the smaller hills and became better at climbing. You became stronger,” said Ryan. “Mount Impossible became possible for you to climb when you weren’t even thinking about it.”

【推荐1】One January morning, Mr. Smith is walking his dog Jack in the park. He is sitting under a tree and Jack is running on the ice lake. Suddenly(突然),the dog falls into the water and can’t get out.

“I must save my dog, ” says Mr. Smith. He doesn’t think too much, and jumps into the cold water. It’s difficult for him to swim in the cold water, but he is just thinking about saving Jack. Luckily, he helps Jack out of the water. And they are safe now. “When we get out of the water, everybody asks how Jack is, and nobody is worried (担心)about me! ” Mr. Smith says with a smile.

Julie Brown sees this thing, too. “The dog is running on the ice lake, ” she says, “Suddenly, it falls into the water. Many people see it and they are shouting (大喊)for help. But only Mr. Smith jumps into the cold water to save it.”

People think Mr. Smith is brave and loves his dog very much. “In fact, many people in the world doing the same thing as me, ”Mr. Smith says. “But from now on, I must let Jack be away from the ice lake.”

Animals are our good friends. Can you do the same for them like Mr. Smith?

【推荐2】In a part of the woods was a big fig tree with huge branches (树枝). A group of geese (鹅) lived there, and happy they were, you can be sure of that! But at the roots of the tree, a little vine was starting to grow.

A wise old goose worried about that. “Do you see that little vine? The one starting to climb up our tree? It could be trouble someday! I saw this happen once when I was a little bird. My friends died because of this! If we do not pull the vine away now when it is still small and easy to cut, overtime it will grow bigger and thicker. Then someday, the vine will be big and thick enough for someone to climb. A hunter will be able to climb up the vine and kill us. And that is why,” said the wise old goose, “we must get rid of it while we can.”

“Silly old goose!” said the others. “What trouble can come from such a little vine (藤)! Things are not the same as they were when you were little.”

So, they let the vine grow.

And it grew. And grew. And grew.

When the geese were out one morning catching bugs and little fish, a hunter saw the fig tree and the big thick vine.

What the old goose said happened.

The hunter caught three little geese and only one escaped.

That night after a day of food and fun, the geese came back to their nests, they were shocked. The lucky little goose told them what happened.

“Why, oh why did this happen to us?”

“I told all of you this could happen! But you did not believe me.”

The geese knew what they must do. It took a very long time, but bit by bit, they pecked (啄) away all that big vine.

At last, every piece of vine fell to the ground. And the geese could fly up to live safely in their fig tree, once again.

【推荐3】A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin（顽童）was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, Paul?" he asked.

Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything? Boy, I wish…" He hesitated.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

"I wish," the boy went on, that I could be a brother like that." Paul looked at the boy in surprise,

then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?"

"Oh yes, I'd love that."

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?" Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short While Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled（残疾的）brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.

"There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about."

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

【推荐1】Charles is a 5-year-old boy. He likes drawing very much and he draws every day.

One day, after the rain, he goes out with his mother and his dog Yika. “Wow, what’s that?”

“It’s a rainbow. How many colors can you see, my dear?” asks his mother.

“Er... one, two, three... seven. Seven colors. It looks so nice.”

“Yeah, it’s so beautiful.” says his mother.

Then they go home. “Mom, I want to draw a rainbow. How can I draw it?” asks Charles.

“It’s easy. You need paper, a pencil and colors. First, draw two clouds; then, draw the outline of rainbow; at last, color the drawing.” says his mother.

“I know, Mom.”

(Five minutes later.)

“Mom, I find paper, a pencil and four colors, but I don’t have orange, green or purple,” Charles says to his mother.

“That’s easy. We can make the three colors. Let me help you. Red and yellow can make orange. Put the color yellow into the color blue, and we can get the color green. Blue and red can make purple.”

“Wow, that’s interesting! I have seven colors now. I can draw a rainbow. Thanks, Mom!” With the help of his mother, Charles draws a great rainbow. He is so happy!

【推荐2】I am George. Mary, Alan, Jenny and John are my good friends. Next week is John's birthday. He asks us to go to his birthday party. We want to buy somegiftsfor John.

John likes baseball. He has six baseballs and three baseball bats. But he doesn't have a baseball hat. I know he likes red. I want to buy a red baseball hat for John.

For fruit, John likes bananas and apples, but he doesn't like pears. So Jenny and Mary want to buy a birthday cake with some bananas and apples on it.

“What do you want to buy, Alan?” we ask. “Well, he is always late for school,” Alan says,“so I want to buy a watch for john!”