It’s ten o’clock. “This class I want you to draw a picture of your favorite animal.” Mrs. Barnes says.

“Yeah!” the students take out their color pencils and draw.

At a quarter to eleven, Mrs. Bames says, “OK. It’s time to present your picture to the class. Who wants to go first?”

Jenny put up her hand. “I can,” she says, “It is a shark(鲨鱼). Sharks are big and they can swim quickly. They are scary. We don’t want to see a shark when we are swimming.”

“Very nice,” Mrs. Barnes says. “Who’s next?”

It’s Marcos. “It is a tiger. Tigers are beautiful and smart. But many people are afraid of them and don’t like them. They are orange with black stripes(条纹).”

“Good,” says Mrs. Barnes.” “We have time for one more. Who wants to go?”

Linda says, “It is a panda. Pandas are big, but they’re cute. I like watching them eat bamboo.” “That’s great,” Mrs.Barnes says, “Good job!”

Dogs like living with people. They are very friendly. They can do many things for people.

There is a kind of dog. His name is Seeing Eye dog. Now we can see this kind of dog all over the world. They are working for the blind. The Seeing Eye dog is strong and easy to train(训练). He helps the blind to walk from place to place. Before a dog becomes a Seeing Eye dog, he must go to a training school for about three months. First, the dog has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainer’s call. In his next lesson, the dog learns to take his trainer(训练员) across busy streets. The dog has many things to learn. At the end of the training school, he must take tests(测试). When he passes(通过)the test, the Seeing Eye dog will do things by himself.

Now he can help the blind people. The new master may be a man, a woman, or even a child. It takes the dog and his blind master about a month to learn to work and live together.

It’s a sunny day today. A hungry fox (狐狸) is walking on the grass and looking for food. Soon, he sees a fat chicken playing near a farm. He says to himself, “Wow, great! This is my breakfast. It must be really delicious!” He comes up to the chicken and says,“Good morning, Miss Chicken. I know you can sing very well. All my friends like your songs very much. Can you sing one for me?” The chicken is happy to hear that. She closes her eyes and begins to sing a song. At the moment, the fox sees that and takes her away quickly.

On the farm, there are some farmers working. They see the fox and shout, “Look! The fox is taking the chicken away.” Hearing this, the chicken says to the fox, “Mr. Fox, can you hear that? The people say you are taking their chicken away. Tell them I am your chicken, not their chicken.” The fox opens his mouth and says, “Yes, you are right.” Then he shouts, “This is my chicken, not your chicken.” Just then the chicken runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.