An old man had a bird and he liked it very much. One day the bird flew away. The old man became very 1. At last, he found the bird and talked a lot at its home. When it was time for the old man to leave, the bird gave him a basket as a2.
His wife was 3 because he came home late. But when she opened the basket, she couldn't close her mouth—a basket of 4. The old woman was greedy(贪婪的) and wanted another basket of gold, so she went to the bird's home, too. 5 the old man, she also talked to the bird when she was at the bird's home. "Hello, my bird. How are you? I 6 you, " said the old woman. But the bird said 7. Then she asked for a gift. "All right, " answered the bird. "There are two baskets. One is light and 8 is heavy. You can take one and9 it when you get home！"
The old woman 10, "I'll take the heavy one." When she got home and opened the basket, there was nothing but stones.
Once upon a time, a hippo(河马) lived in a river next to a big tree.
One day, a bird came and nested(筑巢) in the tree. The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy(羡慕) that he couldn't think of anything else. Every day he would think why he wasn't born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer.
Finally, the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river, climb the tree, and start singing. However, when he tried to climb the tree, it was very clear that the hippo didn't have wings, nor claws to climb with.
Realizing that he would never climb up the tree, he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground. Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree, and began singing.
Unfortunately, hippos can't sing, either. All that came from his mouth were terrible noises, and when the other animals heard this, they all came around to make fun of the hippo.
He was so ashamed by this. He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again, and looked after it until it completely recovered(康复).
