There was a small village near the mountain. There were a lot of trees in the mountain. People in the 1 always got something from it, such as animals and trees. When they wanted to 2 a house, they cut down the trees. And they also killed the animals for 3. Trees were very 4 in their daily life. They made tables, chairs 5 beds by cutting down the trees. In addition, when they6 meals, they still used some trees for wood. However, they only cut down trees but 7 planted new trees. So the trees were less and less; the animals were becoming 8 as well.
One summer, it rained 9 in the village. The rain lasted for about a week. The soil and the stones on the mountain fell down and soon 10 the whole village. They finally knew they couldn't only cut down trees but also needed to protect them.
A
A month ago, the Greens went along the coast and finally got to Daytona beach (代托纳海滩) to spend their holiday. It was 200 miles away from their home in Florida. They took their pet cat with them. The cat got frightened because of some noise during the holiday. Then it ran away. The Greens looked for their pet for a long time,but they didn't find it. They had to leave for home. In fact, the cat traveled for a long time and got back to Florida after it was lost.
Luckily, a woman called Sarah in Florida found the cat in her garden.The cat was too weak to make a sound, lying there only. When the pet doctor examined the cat and found a chip (芯片) inside the cat's body. And there was all kinds of information about the cat in the chip. Sarah knew that the Greens were the owner of the cat. Sarah took it home and looked after it quite well. The cat became better after a few days.
Sarah wanted to sent the cat back to the Greens. However, how did the cat get home far away from 200 miles? Maybe only the cat itself knew it.
B
Mark Twain was a great writer in America. He wrote many books. He liked telling jokes in his books. People liked reading them very much. And it was full of jokes in his life, too. Mark Twain liked reading. So he often borrowed books from other people. One day, he wanted to borrow a book from his neighbor. His neighbor was a mean man. He didn't want to lend it to Mark Twain. Then he had an idea. He said to Mark Twain, “I have a rule. You will have to read the book at my home. If you want to borrow it from me, you should never take it out." Mark Twain had to read that book at his neighbor's house.
A month later, his neighbor went to borrow a cropper (割草机) from Mark Twain. Mark Twain said to him with a smile, "I make a rule, too. That is, you must use my cropper in my garden. If you borrow it, you can never take it out either."
C
The British King George was quite naughty (淘气) when he was a child. He spent all his pocket money on toys. His grandma, the Victoria Queen, worried about that. One day, George went out to play and he wanted to buy a toy horse in a shop. But the toy horse was 25 pounds and George had no money at that time. So after he went back, he wrote a letter to his grandma,"Dear granny, I would like to buy a toy horse. Will you send 25 pounds to me?"
However, his grandma wrote back to him, "You have got too many toys, and I will not give you the money to buy toys any more. Now you should learn to save up."
A few days later, his grandma got the second letter from George,"Dear granny, thanks for your letter. I sold it to a collector (收藏家) and bought that toy horse with the money."
— It makes toy cars. Small children like them.
— Sure.
— Because cold weather is (harm) to them
