When I was ten, my family moved to the other side of town. I was forced to leave the familiarity with The St. Paul’s Schools and became “the new kid” at another school — a one-hallway school with no gym, where the other kids in my class had been together since kindergarten. I struggled to break into the crowd and spent lunchtime playing alone.

One school day, when I headed to the kitchen table, I heard the radio, “It’s a sad day in the music world. Mr Roy Orbison has died.” “Oh no, how sad! Roy Orbison has died. Wait... Who is Roy Orbison?” I thought. I didn’t have a chance to ask. I had to get to the classroom before the bell.

It was Mr Hutchison’s class. Every day, he would ask if there was anyone we wanted to pray for. That day, Johnny prayed for his sick grandfather, and Emily prayed for her grandmother who had surgery. This was my chance! Before I had time to fully think it through, my hand shot into the air. “I’d like to pray for Roy Orbison!” Silence fell over the room. The other kids looked confused, but Mr Hutchison could see the eagerness in my eyes. No one else had ever been so excited to pray for anyone in his class.

“OK, Roy Orbison has been added to the prayer list” he winked (眨眼示意). I did it! This must be another way we kids make new friends: you just pray for someone.

I had never met Roy Orbison, and nor had I had his album. But because of Roy, a little girl named Christine came up to me and said, “I’m really sorry for your loss. If you’re not busy with the funeral (葬礼), maybe you can come over and play after school.”

Thanks to Roy and Christine, I wasn’t lonely any more.

Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came home early every day, then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class.

One day after school，Johnny came back home and joined his computer to the computer of his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and the grades in English. He found his English grade. An F! Johnny changed his English grade from an F to A. Johnny' parents looked at his report card. They were very happy.

"An A in English!" said Johnny's Dad. "You're a very clever boy, Johnny."

Johnny is a hacker（黑客）. Hackers know how to take information （信息）from other computers and put new information in. Using a modern（调制解调器）, they join their computers to other computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank （银行）computer account （账户）and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.