Mary is a Grade 9 student. She doesn’t have good looks and she is short and heavy. Because of that, she used to be unhappy. But after going to a place, she now doesn’t feel that way. Where did she go?

Last Saturday, Mary visited an old people’s home with her mother. She had fun there.

An old woman sat in a chair in the hallway. One of her slippers dropped. Mary picked it up and said, “Grandma, let me help you put it back on your foot.” “Thank you,” the old woman said to Mary.

Then Mary met an old man with no legs, and he said hi to Mary. Mary stopped to talk with him. She listened to him telling his stories. Mary didn’t think the stories were funny, but she smiled all the time. “Thanks for listening,” the old man said to Mary.

The old woman and man said Mary was beautiful. This made Mary happy. She didn’t do any special things in the old people’s home, but she felt she got something special.

Give your love to others, and you will feel you are born to sparkle（自带光芒）.

Every morning, Johnson would take the subway to Central London. There he would collect scrap(废品).

Johnson has collected scrap for 20 years. His house was dirty, and a bad smell came out of the house. The neighbors couldn’t stand the smell any more, so they called the police officers. The officers opened the door and cleaned the house. They found some money in his house. The police soon knew that Johnson was not a poor man because he could live a normal(正常的) life with the money. They decided to try to stop him collecting scrap.

In the evening, the police found Johnson near his house. The officers told him that there was no need for him to collect scrap anymore. Johnson went back to his house without saying anything.

The next morning he woke up as usual and continued collecting scrap.

Some days later, the police knew that Johnson had to send much money to his old parents. They were badly ill for many years in a small village. Although they could get relief(救济金) from the government, Johnson refused. He believed he could make money by his own hands. After knowing the truth, the offices told the neighbors the fact. All of them understood and respected Johnson.

Johnson had no great dreams all his life. He won respect from others because he kept independent in his mind.