More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.

    One day the Prince wanted to go hunting with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle (摇篮), which was like a small bed.

    When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head.

    "What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son.

    The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.

    "So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby crying.

    The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf.

    The Prince ran back into the house but it was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.

    If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.

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    There once was a blind man. He decided to visit Texas. When he got on the plane, he felt the seats and said, "Wow, these seats are big!" The person next to him answered, "Everything is big in Texas."

    When he arrived in Texas, he decided to visit a bar first. In the bar, he ordered a glass of beer. "Wow, the glass is big!" he said. "Everything is big in Texas," the waiter replied.

    After two glasses of beer, the blind man asked the waiter where the bathroom was. The waiter answered, "Second door to the right." The blind man headed for the bathroom, but accidentally tripped over (绊了一下) and skipped (跳过) the second door. Instead, he entered the third door which led to a swimming pool. The blind man fell into the pool by accident.

    Scared to death, the blind man started shouting, "Don't flush (冲洗厕所)! Don't flush!"

    Mobile phones are becoming more and more popular not only with grown-ups but also with students.

    Meanwhile, they also1a problem for middle schools in the past few years.

    Some children have got mobile phones as Christmas or birthday gifts. Many like SMS because it is easy and2. Some parents felt happy because they could get in touch3their children. Some teachers said mobile phone use was a distraction (分心的事) to students during school hours and it also gave them much4in their classrooms. Sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams. A new study found that some teenagers send messages in class even hurt their fingers because they couldn't stop5SMS.

    Many teachers suggested that students should not have phones at school,6if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. Many people think they understand7parents would want their children to have them, but they agree that the school should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

    "Dreams may be more i than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.

    Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night.

    Dreams are l short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is w about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new i about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. S we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream.

    Dreams can disappear quickly from memory. Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the l we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up t.