A little boy named Harry became very ill. He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling1and blue.
There wasn't much he could do except look out of the2Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange3in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage sandwich. The penguin got in4the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and5quickly.
Of course, Harry was very6He was still trying to work out what had happened. Outside his window he saw a monkey busy blowing up a balloon. At first Harry asked himself7that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy-looking8appeared outside the window, he couldn't help9and found it hard to stop.
An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a10way. The little boy didn't tell anyone about this. Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had11so much that he was able to go back to school again.
There he told his classmates all that he had12While he was talking to his best friend, he saw13coming out of his friend's school bag. Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that14his friend had to show him what was in the bag.
There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to15the little boy!
And from that day on, Harry always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.
