Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered and never gave way to 1.
One day the father decided to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 2his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got what his father wanted, he turned 3 and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn't 4enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But 5of them would give way to the other. They 6straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. "What shall I do? My son hasn't 7yet. I can't wait any longer." He wanted to know what was the 8with his son. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to town to look for his son.
"You may first take the 9 home for my friends. Let me stand here against him10." He said to his son when he knew what had happened.
Larry seemed always silent and didn't have any friend. His teacher Mr. Brown 1 this. One day, he asked Larry to meet him after class. Mr. Brown said, "I see that you don't talk to anyone or show any 2 in anything. What's wrong?" Larry replied, "Sir, I have a very 3 life. I have to face some very sad incidents and I keep 4 them. Because of this, I can't focus my attention on anything and don't even feel like talking to 5. "
Mr. Brown listened carefully, thought for a while and said, "Would you like some lemonade（柠檬汽水）?"Larry felt a little 6and nervously replied, "Yes, thank you!"
While 7lemonade, Mr. Brown added more salt on purpose and kept the quantity of sugar low. Larry made a8 face as soon as he drank a sip of that lemonade. Seeing this, Mr. Brown asked "You don't like it?""
"Um… it's just there is a bit too much 9 in it, "Larry answered.
Mr. Brown stopped him, "Oh, it doesn't matter. I will throw it away. "As the teacher was lifting the glass to 10, Larry stopped him and said, "Sir, please don't throw it away.11 we put a little more sugar in the lemonade, it will be fine to drink. "
Hearing this, Mr. Brown said12, "This is what I want to hear from you. To improve the13 of lemonade, we don't need to remove the salt from it, we can just add some sugar to it. Similarly, we cannot remove sad things that have 14 happened to us, but we can add sweetness of good experiences in our life. If you keep on crying about your15 neither your present will be right nor the future will be bright. "
Larry realized his problem and promised to live a positive life.
Cooking is fun, but it's important to know how to be safe. That means you need an adult's 1.
If you use a knife, stove （炉）, or other kitchen 2 , you must have help. Some of the things adults use in the kitchen seem 3 to operate. But once you use them yourself, you'll be surprised how 4they actually are. With an adult by your side, you can stay 5.
An important part of safe cooking is staying6. Always wash your hands7 starting any cooking. This is especially important when you are 8 food directly with your hands.
It's a good idea to ask your parents for some 9 before you start. It's easy to get 10 in the kitchen if you're not careful. Therefore, remember that you should always be careful.
A man kept driving for 3 hours and felt sleepy. Suddenly，he drove off the road into a ditch（沟）. Though he wasn't 1 ，his car was stuck deep in the ditch. So the man walked to a nearby farm to ask for 2 . "Warwick can get the car out of that ditch，"said the farmer，pointing to an old mule（骡子）standing in a field. The man looked at the old mule，thinking that it was3 for it to do that.
The farmer noticed the 4 on the man's face and repeated，"Yep，old Warwick can do the job. I believe in him. "The man thought he had nothing to lose. So5 to the ditch. The farmer tied the mule to the car. Then he pulled the rope and shouted.
"Pull，Fred!Pull，Jack!Pull，Warwick!"
Soon，the mule pulled the car out of the ditch 6 .
He thanked the farmer and Warwick. But he was still 7 about how Warwick did it. So he asked，"Why did you call out all those 8 before you called Warwick？"
The farmer smiled，saying："Old Warwick is just about blind. But as long as he believes he's part of a team，he doesn't 9 pulling and tries his best. "
Just as it is with Warwick，being in a team 10 makes us more positive，because we know we are supported all the time.
