37 Managing Your Emotions What makes me angry? Mostly, I hate when someone tries to make someone else feel bad. I have to admit that once, when I was really angry, I actually called names. I regretted doing this afterwards, but not full heartedly bec...
36 The Dog and His Shadow It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water. Just look!said he to himself. That dog down there has some meat, too. If...
35 A Bus Ride One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She had a big bag in her hand. It's a virtue for a young person to help the old,I said to myself. When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young...
34 Buying Books on the Internet It's easy to order books from the Internet. There are several companies that ship books to customers in China. Just decide which company you would like to use and type that company's name into the search engine. The co...
33 The Eagle and the Raven An eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak when a raven landed on a branch beside him. The raven eyed the nut hopefully, You'll never break it like that,he said. If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as I...
32 A Robot Babysitter In 2005 Japan made a new robot. It can take care of a child. The new robot is called iPapero. It weighs 13.2 pounds, and has a body of 15.2 by 10.3 and by 9.8 inches. iPapero is a small robot, but it has many special skills. It...
31 A Young Pioneer Long ago, when the western part of the United States was still a wilderness, a young boy, called Kit, not yet twenty years old, went from his home in the East to learn about the new country. He wanted to know what lay beyond the R...
30 A Dish Washer Some people have dogs or cats as pets. One woman in New York keeps a monkey as her pet. This monkey can wash dishes. He washes the dishes for the woman every day. He likes to wash dishes and never breaks a dish. Sometimes he washes t...
29 A Seaside Picnic One morning last April, Joan was lying in bed when the telephone rang. It was her friend, Dave, who invited her out for a picnic at the seaside. Later that day she left her flat and walked to the bus stop to catch the bus. Joan wa...
28 Charles Chaplin One day a small boy called Charles Chaplin was walking along the street in London. It was a cold winter's day in 1900. He wanted to buy some bread, but he didn't have any money. His father had died when he was very young. He and hi...
