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A family of 15 elephants becomes famous (出名的). In about 450 days, they walk north for more than 300 miles in Yunnan, China. Why are they moving? Where are they going? No one knows!

But there are things we already know about elephants!

What Elephants Look Like

Elephants are big! They are the biggest land (陆地) animals.

They have long noses called trunks. They have big ears.

What Elephants Eat

Elephants eat for 16-18 hours a day. They eat grass, leaves and fruit. They drink lots and lots of water, too.

Where Elephants Live

Elephants live in Asia and Africa (亚洲和非洲). They live on grassland and in forests (森林). They live with their families.

Everyone needs to eat. But what happens if there is not enough (足够的) food? Jimmy Brown is only in Grade 4, but he worries about it.

Jimmy’s dad told him about a great Chinese scientist (科学家) named Yuan Longping.

“When he was young, Mr Yuan saw that people were hungry, ” said Jimmy’s dad. “He wanted to help. So he worked hard all his life. ”

Mr Yuan found a way to get rice plants to grow much more rice. Now, China can feed lots and lots of people with this special rice.

“So, if you really want to do something, you can. Just like Mr Yuan, ” said Jimmy’s dad.

Jimmy was happy. When he grows up, he will do something to help feed the people, too.

An old lady was very deaf. She thought everything was too dear in the shop. One day, she wanted to buy a hat. She went into a shop and pointed to a hat and asked.

“How much is it?”

“Seven dollars, Madam,” the salesgirl answered. “It is very cheap.”

The old lady said, “Seventeen dollars? It is too expensive. If it is fourteen dollars, I will buy it.”

“Not seventeen dollars, Madam”, the girl said, “but seven.”

“It is still too expensive,” replied the old lady. “If it is five dollars, I will buy it.”

My name is Ted. There are some rules in my home. My parents always say rules are very important.

Once, my older sister Sally didn’t follow (遵守) the rules. She didn’t call home when it was nine in the evening. Dad was worried. He phoned many of Sally’s friends. When my little sister Lily saw how worried my dad was, she started to cry. When my little brother Tom, a one-year-old baby, hear Lily’s crying, he started to cry, too. My mum wanted to look after Tom. She ran to him quickly. Oh no! She fell down. My family was in a mess! Just then, Sally walked in. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I was with Diana, and we took her dog for a long walk. I forgot (忘记) the time.” When Sally saw what had happened, she was very sorry. She learnt a lesson. Now she never forgets to call home.

My family is not very big. There are only three cats. I’m a white cat. People call (称呼) me Snow-white. My husband (丈夫) is a black cat. People call him Captain Black Cat (黑猫警长). We have a beautiful daughter (女儿). Her name is Lily. She is black and white. She’s two years old. We live a happy life. We will work hard to eat the mouse. We will let people live in a happy life in this house.

I’m Tina. I want to buy a bag. I’ve got thirty yuan now. This blue bag is nice. It’s too expensive. It costs one hundred and twenty yuan. And this red bag costs fifteen yuan. It’s cheap. But it’s small for me. This yellow bag is beautiful. And it’s very big. It costs twenty—five yuan. I can buy this one.