—Yes. There is a big _________ near our village. There are many frogs in it in summer.

    Two friends were walking through the desert. During the journey they had an argument, and the 1 boy slapped the shorter one in the face. The short boy was hurt, but without 2 anything, he wrote in the sand, ＂Today my best friend slapped 3 in the face.＂

    They kept on walking 4 they found a pond, and they decided 5a bath there. But the shorter boy got stuck 6 the mud and started to sink. He cried, ＂Help! Help!＂ Luckily, he was pulled 7 by his friend. After that, he carved on a stone, ＂Today my best friend saved my life.＂

    The taller boy asked him, ＂After I hurt you, you wrote it in the sand, but now you carved it on a stone. Why?＂

    The shorter boy replied, ＂When someone 8 you, you should write it in the sand from which wind can erase it 9. However, when someone does something 10 for you, you must carve it on the stone from which the wind can never erase it.＂

    You have to learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone.

—I see. I will find a good driver to go with me.

    At about 6 p.m. on Saturday, a forest fire broke out in a village in Mu Li, Liangshan. The local government acted quickly and 689 people were sent to put out the fire. Fire groups were fighting the fire on Sunday when a sudden change of wind direction caused ＂a huge fireball＂. 27 firefighters and 3 locals lost their lives. Most of the firefighters were in their twenties and two of them were less than twenty, though several were older. Their death touched our hearts all over China. There is reason enough to regard them as heroes. President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and many other leaders cared for the heroes and expressed condolence to the heroes' families and friends.

    We should remember all the heroes and their spirit, bravery showed in fighting the fire. As the old saying goes: a nation is lost without its memories. Forest fires are common in spring, rules to prevent fires have come out in Liangshan. Many experts believe there are some reasons for forest fires. The first reason is weather change. Warmer and drier weather leads to dangerous fire conditions. Next, lightening is another reason. Dry grass and trees easily catch fire. Finally, hot winds add to the possibility of forest fires. The wind spreads a fire quickly. However, 90% of forest fires are caused by humans, according to a report. Forest fires can burn at over 9000 C and reach heights of more than 50 meters. Forest fires can move at speeds of up to 23 kilometers an hour, burning everything—trees, brush, homes, even people… Experts remind people to be careful during the holiday of Qingming, known as Tomb Sweeping Day. Millions of people travel to their homes during the holiday, so the risks of fires in mountains are high.

    In order to keep the heart-broken lesson in mind, we should stop fires from happening again.

—I want to have a rest for a long time. I hate working.

—Sorry, I won't drive to work.

    Mr. Scott talked about colours all the time. "What a honey-yellow morning it is!" he said to his wife. His wife planted fruit and vegetables in their garden, but Mr. Scott was more interested in the leafy plants, the bushes, and even the grass that grew in the garden. "So many kinds of green," he said to her after watering all the plants. "I counted at least twenty shades of green!"

    "Well done, dear," Mrs. Scott said. " Now would you please count twenty dollars and go to the supermarket for some ingredients（配料）?I want to make lunch! "

    With a smile on his face, Mr. Scott left at once. He enjoyed trips to the supermarket because of all the colourful cans and boxes in it. Fruit and vegetables, too, shone in their bright skins. There was never just one colour: carrots were orange, but also had bits of yellow and brown in them. Bananas were yellow and black; apples hid oranges and purples inside their reds. Mr. Scott would walk through the supermarket and enjoy all the colours around him.

    "I wish there was a store full of colours that I could spend all my time in, " he sighed.

    He bought everything on his wife's list and came home. When he walked into the house, Mrs. Scott noticed the sad look on his face. "What's wrong?" she asked him. "It looks life you had fun at the store. I can see that you picked out the best things."

    "I did have fun in the store. So much that I wish I could have spent more time there. It's so full of colours! " Mr. Scott said. "I see, " Mrs. Scott said. "Well, cheer up, because I'm going to cook a nice lunch for us!"

    The next day Mr. Scott was on his usual morning walk through the neighbourhood, saying hello to everyone, enjoying the colours of the trees and flowers. It was another day of colours!

    "Good morning, Mr. Brown," he called out to one of his neighbours. He liked Mr. Brown very much, because, well, you guessed it: his name was a colour!

    "Mr. Scott! Just the person I wanted to see!" Mr. Brown replied. "My wife and I are moving out of this town, and I need someone to take over my shop. You are the perfect person for the job because it's a paint shop! I need someone who knows its colours. Would you be interested?"

    Mr. Scott was mad with excitement. "I will take it over right away!"

    Mr. Brown was relieved when he left town, because he knew his paint shop was in good hands. Sure enough, Mr. Scott kept the paint shop open for twenty more years and got to talk about colours all day, every day.

—But I'm afraid that we can't catch up with the last bus.