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I finished my work .

    The war finally ended in 1945. During the next years two great things happened—my dad came home from army, and I was born! I was the first child but I wasn't alone for long because my mother had three more boys in the next four years.

    It was great to have a big family. The four of us were very close in age, so we played together all the time. We liked the game "policeman and thieves" best. It was exciting and everybody wanted to be a thief. Of course someone had to be the policeman and it was usually me.

    Well, I have grown up now, but I still love the game. There is only one thing different. I'm a real policeman, policeman Joe, so it is not a game any more.

    A girl is born in a rich family in Sweden. At the age of three, she becomes very ill. After that, she can't walk.

    One day, the little girl is travelling with her family by ship. She hears that the captain (船长) has a very beautiful pet bird. She is interested and wants to see it. Her mother goes out to1the bird.

    After a long time, her mother is not back. The girl can't wait. She asks a waiter to take her to the captain's room. The2doesn't know she can't walk. He takes her hand and starts to walk away. Something strange happens! With the waiter's help, the girl stands up slowly and begins to walk! She wants3the bird very much. She forgets that she4walk.

    From then on, the girl can walk. When she grows up, she becomes the first woman5to win the Nobel Prize.

    She is Selma Lagerlof. The Wonderful Adventure of Nils (《尼尔斯骑鹅旅行记》) is one of her famous books.