Hello, my name is Grace. I’m a Grade7 student. I have a brother. His name is Eric and he’s in Grade 9. I live in a big house. It’s very near (近的) my school, so I walk to school every day. My favorite subjects are science and music. I don’t like math. I think it’s too boring. Eric likes math. It’s easy for him.

I like sports. I often play basketball and volleyball with my classmates after school. I love films and I watch a film with my brother on the computer every weekend (周末). We always talk about the film after we watch it.

I love animals too. I have two dogs. The black dog is named Bess and the white dog is named Snow. Bess likes sleeping on my sofa, but Snow doesn’t. It sleeps under my bed.

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With a round face, short hair and a big nose, my dad is a hardworking worker in a factory in Beijing. He is very serious, but I know that everything he does is for the benefit of our family. He likes playing football, just like me. We always talk about football and play it together on weekends.

A few days ago, something interesting happened at home. It was a sunny Sunday and my dad didn’t go to work. After lunch, my dad was asleep and I felt a little bit bored. Suddenly, I had a funny idea. I decided to draw on my dad’s face while he was sleeping to surprise him and make him laugh.

I slowly drew on his face with my yellow, blue, red and green pens. It took me about 10 minutes to finish my dad’s “makeup”, but it didn’t wake him up.

Then I went back into the living room and pretend (假装) to watch TV. About half an hour later, my dad woke up, looked at himself in the mirror and asked me, “Am I the coolest Dad in the world?” It really made me laugh. Fathers don’t necessarily have to be serious all the time.

Now I live at school, and I really miss the little tricks (把戏) I like to play on him. Fathers play important roles in our mental development. To kids, the name of father is another name for love.

As the old saying goes, “________”

I visit my grandpa’s farm in Kansas, and Grandpa sends me into the woods to pick up pecans (山核桃) for us to enjoy later. Pecan picking is hard. My basket is only half full. I don’t want to let him down.

Then something catches my eye: a squirrel (松鼠) picks up a pecan, climbs up a tree and disappears (消失) into a large hole. A moment later, the squirrel climbs down to the ground to pick another pecan. Once again, he takes the pecan back to his secret (秘密的) hiding place inside the hollow (洞) of the tree.

I run over to the tree and find the hollow is filled with sweet pecans. They are right there for the taking. This is my chance. I take all the pecans from the hollow. Now the basket is full!

I am so proud of myself. I can’t wait to show Grandpa all of the pecans I collect.

“Look, Grandpa,” I shout, “look at all of the pecans I find!”

Grandpa takes a look at my basket. “Well, how do you find so many, Jimmy?” I tell him how I follow the squirrel and take the pecans from his hiding place. Grandpa congratulates (祝贺) me on finding out something about the squirrel’s habits. ★ . He hands the basket back to me and puts his arm gently around my shoulders.

“That squirrel works very hard to collect his winter food,” he says “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don’t you think that little squirrel will be very hungry when it gets cold?”

“I don’t think about that,” I say.

“I know,” Grandpa says. “But a good man should never take advantage of (利用) someone else’s hard work, even the squirrel’s.”

The image (形象) of that hungry squirrel can’t leave my mind. There is only one thing I can do.