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Mr. Green has a parrot. It is a beautiful bird. Everyday Mr. Green speaks to the bird. “Hello!” he says. “Hello!” the bird says. This parrot enjoys flying in the living room. Mr. Green asks, “What are you doing?” The bird cannot reply. It only says, “What are you doing?”

One day, Mr. Green went to a park with his family. A thief came into the living room. When he was stealing a lot of things, the bird said, “What are you doing?” The thief heard it and got scared. Then he dropped all the things and ran away.

Mrs. Brown’s Old Grandpa

Mrs. Brown’s old grandpa was 80 years old. He lives with Mrs. Brown and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at twelve for lunch.

But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown’s house at twelve o’clock, and two policemen helped her grandpa to get out. One of them said that the poor old man could not find his way home, so they took him home by car. Mrs. Brown thanked the policemen, and they left. “But, Grandpa” she said to him, “You have been going to the park every day for twenty years. How can’t you find the way?”

The old man smiled and said, “I can find the way, I am just tired. I don’t want to walk home.”

Hello, my name is Ken. The Smiths are my new neighbours. Both Mr and Mrs Smith are teachers. Mr Smith teaches English in a high school while Mrs Smith is an English teacher in a primary school. They always say hello to me. They have a son and a daughter, Simon and Candy. Candy is a junior high school student. She likes dancing. Simon and I are classmates. We usually play football on Sundays. But last Sunday, we went to the park and rode bikes. Mr and Mrs Smith were in the park, too. They helped cleaners pick up rubbish. The Smiths are very good neighbours.

Look at that boy. His name is Liu Bing. He's a Chinese boy. He is in the kitchen. He likes apples. Su Yang is at home too. She is in the study. She likes drawing. Is Gao Shan at home? No, he is in the park. He is thirsty. He wants to drink some juice. Miss Li is in the office. She is reading.

Americans with small families own a car. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. If the family is big, they will buy a van (面包车).

Americans call vans “motor homes”. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family is travelling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happy trip because they are travelling together. That is why motor homes become popular. In America, there is a lot of parking for motor homes.

Mr Black and his wife had a third child last year. So they bought (买) a van. They put things on the sixth and the seventh seats, because a family of five must carry many suitcases (旅行箱) when they travel.

In England, nobody under the age of eighteen can drink in a bar (酒吧). Mr Green often went to a bar near his house, but he never took his son, Tom, because Tom was too young. After Tom had his eighteenth birthday party, Mr Green took Tom to his usual bar for the first time. There was one light at the end of the bar. They drank for an hour, and then Mr Green said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to give you a lesson. You must be careful not to drink too much. How do you know when you have had enough? Well, let me tell you. Can you see those two lights at the end of the bar? If they seem to become four, you have had enough and should go home.”

Some people think that all wild animals are dangerous. But in fact, very few of them will attack a man if he leaves them alone. If you meet a lion or an elephant, I guess you will run away. But even a lion will avoid (躲避) a man if it is not very hungry. Lions and tigers only kill and eat men when they have grown too old and too weak to catch their usual food, such as deer and other small animals. If you see a wild elephant, perhaps you will be frightened. However, elephants usually run away at once if you don’t attack them. Some animals get very frightened if they smell a man. Some stand and look at him for a moment before they run away. Some take no notice at all but walk away quietly in another direction. Wild animals only attack people when they are afraid that people want to harm (伤害) their babies, or when the hunters shoot at them and make them angry.

Mr Brown and his wife lived in a small house near London with their child. Mr Brown came back from his work very late. His wife and the child were asleep. He usually opened the front door of his house with his key quietly. But one night when he came home late, he lost his key. So when he reached his home, he rang the bell, but nothing happened. At last he had a good idea. He began to speak like a small child. “Mother!” he said, “I want to go to the toilet!” At once Mrs Brown woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.

Once there was a boy named Jimmy. He drew many beautiful interesting pictures, and many people bought his pictures. They thought this boy would be famous when he grew up, and then they were going to sell these pictures for a lot of money.

Jimmy’s pictures were different from other people’s because be drew on half of the paper, and the other half was always empty. “That’s very clever,” everyone said, “His drawing is special!”

One day somebody asked him, “Jimmy, why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, but not on the top half?”

“Because I’m short,” Jimmy said, “And my brushes can’t reach very hight.”

Catherine is my good friend. She is from the US. She lived in Chicago when she was a little girl. After she grew up, she moved to Cuangzhou. She has blonde (金黄色的) hair and big green eyes. There are four people in her family. Her father is an engineer and her mother stays at home to take care of them. Catherine has a brother. He is a primary school student.

Catherine speaks English, and she can speak Chinese too. We often talk about our favourite books and movies. We know about each other very well. Every Friday, we go to the singing club together. We both like singing very much. After having the singing class, her mother often sends me back home. Sometimes, she can even stay overnight (过夜) at my home. We are like twin sisters.