One day, Jack, a jobless man, asked for the job of “office boy” at a very big company.

The boss（老板） asked him to clean the floor. “Good. You can come to work next week,” the boss said. “Give me your e-mail address(地址), and I’ll send you a letter.” But Jack didn’t have a computer or an e-mail. The boss said, “Sorry, if you don’t have an e-mail,you can’t find any jobs.” Jack left sadly. He decided to live by selling tomatoes door to door. He started to go every day earlier,and returned late.He got more and more money.Shortly later,he had his own food company.Five years later,Jack’s company was one of the biggest.But he didn’t have an e-mail address.

Don’t be discouraged when meeting difficulties.Better things are always waiting for those who are hopeful.

All over the world, children in hospital are getting a new kind of medicine: laughter. Lucy works for Theodora Children's Trust. She is one of many clown (小丑) doctors who bring a smile to the faces of sick children.

I'm a clown doctor. I call myself Dr LooLoo. I spend two days a week in children's hospitals with my friend Dr Chequers. We make funny faces, tell jokes, and do magic tricks (把戏). As I walk into a ward (病房), I shake hands with the kids and sing songs. We take special balloons to make "balloon animals" and tell funny stories about them. We often meet kids who look really sick at first, then we go back the next week and they're running about, shouting "Hi there, Dr LooLoo! Hi Dr Chequers!"

I'm naturally a very cheerful person. I've always been a clown. In fact, my father was a clown and I started working with him when I was eight years old. I knew it was just the job for me. I became a clown doctor because I think it's a great way to cheer up sick children in hospital.

At lunchtime we eat in the hospital dining hall and that's really useful because we meet the nurses and doctors. They tell us about some kids who they think will benefit(获益) from a clown doctor's visit. For example, if a child is afraid, perhaps he's being given an injection (注射) or some medicine, we'll visit him and take his attention, then the nurse can do her job.

At about six o'clock, Dr Chequers and I change our clothes. We're very tired. At weekends we are often asked to take part in events (公开活动) to raise money for Theodora Children's Trust. Being a clown doctor is very tiring, but it makes the worries of everyday life seem small. All in all, I feel lucky to do this job.

Lance almost ran home after school. His elder brother Nathan promised to take him to skate (滑滑板) today. Lance was so excited that he got everything ready when Nathan got home.

“Who’s that?” Nathan asked, pointing out of the window (窗户). Lance looked out and found his friend Haley waiting quietly in front of the postbox.

“What is she doing here?” Lance thought and remembered that he promised Haley to work on their science project (项目) today, before Nathan’s promise. Of course, skating with Nathan was better than working on the project. He could learn something new with the help of Nathan. It would be really exciting. But if he didn’t work on the project with Haley, she would be really sad. Finally, Lance decided to go with Haley and tell Nathan everything.

“Good for you,” his brother said. “And ask Haley if she wants to go skating with us after you two finish the project.”

Lance couldn’t believe his ears, “Really? You’d take us?”

“Of course, I promised,” Nathan nodded. “A promise is a promise.”