Once upon a time, there was a little elephant. He went through a river with his mother. It was hard for him. Suddenly he saw a bird in the sky. The bird was flying over the river quickly. Then he thought, "If I could fly, I could move faster. And I could see the world from the top.

    It would be great." In order to (为了) learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and fell down onto the ground. The monkey saw him and said, "Little Elephant, we all have our own (特有的) abilities. I can't fly, but I can climb the tree." The lion said, "I also can't fly, but I can jump across a wide river." Little Elephant's father and mother said to him, "We elephants have great strength (力量). We can move things easily." Little Elephant understood (明白). He used his long nose as a hook (钩子) and moved a large branch.

    Mr Li is a good painter. He likes painting animals. One day he drew a beautiful dragon without eyes. Mr Zhou looked at the picture and said, "The dragon has no eyes. It isn't a good picture." But Mr Li smiled and said, "If I add eyes to the dragon, it will fly away." Mr Zhou shook (摇) his head and said," It is ridiculous (荒唐的)! I don't believe (相信) you." Mr Li wasn't angry. He held the paintbrush and added eyes to the dragon. The dragon really flew away.

    Long long ago, there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealing (偷) food.

    One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy (共同的敌人). A young mouse stood up, and said he had a good idea. "We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away.

    Everyone agreed, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, but nobody spoke.

Miss Chen: Hi, boys and girls. Look at the picture. What is it?

Joe:

Miss Chen: What are the blue parts?

Lily: They are beautiful.

Miss Chen: You are right, Lily,

Lily:  

Miss Chen: Yes. Now people cut down too many trees. Trees are fewer and fewer. The Earth gets sick.

Alice: We should stop cutting down the trees.

Betty: Yes.

We should make our Earth clean again.

Miss Chen: Yes, children. We should do something to help the Earth.

    Trees are important in our lives. We can't live without trees.

We can see trees around us everywhere. They make our city more beautiful. We can see them in the school, in the street, in the park, in the zoo, in the forest and so on.

We can also get a lot of things from trees. We get fruit and wood from trees. Sometimes we get leaves from the trees. Trees are useful. They can make the air fresh and clean. They can also cool the air. Tree Planting Day is on 12th March every year. We should plant more trees and make our Earth more beautiful.