Animals have their special ways to deal with hard times in nature. The beautiful fairy-wren (仙女鹪鹩), one     1     of bright-blue birds in Australia, is one example. This year, a ten-year study     2     that this small bird has eggs of     3     sizes in different kinds of weather. When the weather is hot and     4    , there is less food for baby birds, and they die easily. So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow     5     inside before they break out of the eggs into the “hungry” world.

Are there any stray(流浪的)animals in your neighborhood? How do you feel when you see them?

For a long time, we had a fat black stray cat in our neighborhood. Sometimes I saw her sitting in front of our house. Sometimes I saw her sleeping under my car. But each time I walked close to her, she ran away     1     .

However, something     2     happened later. The stray cat     3     to make friends with my daughter, Beth. Each time the cat saw Beth come back home, it walked between her     4     , purred and meowed (喵喵叫)until Beth stopped and petted her.

The cat got closer and     5     to Beth. This morning, Beth     6     the cat a bowl of cat food. I guess the cat’s straying life could be over because Beth even started calling the cat “Alice”. Alice seemed     7     Beth as her forever friend. Beth is always such a girl with kindness and love.

It always     8     me smile when I see the beautiful things happen. Isn’t it amazing how love works its way into     9     hearts and lives? Isn’t it     10     when we have a new pet, or a new friend, or find a moment to share an act of kindness? So let our love pass onto the lives of others, because to love is to truly live and to live is to truly love.

Many wild animals in the world are in danger     1     human behaviour.

Take tigers for example. Some people think parts of tigers’ bodies are useful in making traditional medicine, so a few people are     2    . It’s against the law. Tigers are in danger.

Loggerhead turtles(红海龟) are also in danger. They     3     to lay their eggs. Human activity on the beaches keeps them from doing this. Turtles also get caught in fishermen’s nets and die.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) helps endangered animals     4    . For example, it has     5     the Chinese government and created forty panda reserves and a forest protection programme.

Yancheng Nature Reserve is in Jiangsu Province in East China. In 2002, it became one of the world’s most     1     wetlands. It covers an area of more than 4,530     2    . This area     3     different kinds of plants and rare birds. There aren’t many red-crowned cranes in the world, but there are some in Yancheng Nature Reserve. It’s the     4     largest home to red-crowned cranes in China. About 300 to 1,000 red-crowned cranes fly to Yancheng Nature Reserve every year to     5     the winter. It’s a perfect place to go bird watching.