Tara’s favorite class at school was the dance class. But it was strange(奇怪的) to hold hands with a _______ and dance. The steps were okay, and the music was okay, but the boys were not really okay. As the lessons went on, Tara _______ many new dances. She really began to _______ herself. Even(甚至) dancing with boys was not so _______. In fact, she started enjoying dancing with some partners. They tried hard and knew their steps. Some of the boys thought dancing was just a joke, _______ they didn’t try hard. Tara didn’t _______ dancing with them, but she had to be polite(礼貌的) to them.

When the _______ came to the end, Tara was happy to hear she could take part in a dance competition(比赛).

The competition was like something out of a story book. There were dresses and shoes and music. Everyone was smiling, _______ great clothes. It was hard not to be nervous, and it was hard not to _______ special too. She and Todd danced together through the competition. It was ______ not to win the competition. But maybe next year, she would win.

Once upon a time, there was a king. He was kind-hearted but _________. He always waited for his men to serve him, such as giving him food, drinks and so on. He lay on bed all day long. Eating good food and _________ made him fat. Finally, he felt really sick, so he asked many doctors to come to his palace to help him. But no one could tell the _________. All his people were sorry about it.

_________, a wise man heard the news. He visited the king and said that he could help him. He asked the king to come to his house _________ the palace. And the king had to walk to his house on his own.

The king _________. After staying in bed for 20 years, the king walked on the road again. It was a long way to walk. When he reached the wise man’s house, he was really _________. After taking a seat and drinking some water, the king felt better. The wise man brought out a special, heavy ball and asked the king to carry the ball with both hands and walk for an hour twice a day. “That is the _________ to help you get well,” he said.

The king followed the man’s advice. After two months, the king lost a lot of weight and all his sickness _________. From then on, the king kept _________ every day. He knew it was the secret to good health.

“Look at this!” Fred said to his friend Tom. Then he _________ something on the road.

In his hand, Fred held a silver-colored watch. He’d always wanted a watch like this. Most of his classmates had watches, _________ his parents had never had enough money to buy one for him. He felt a rush of _________ when he held the watch in his hand.

“What are you going to do with it?” asked Tom.

“_________ it!” said Fred. “I don’t know who lost it.”

“But I think I know _________ it is,” said Tom.

“Of course you don’t,” Fred answered quickly.

Tom shrugged (耸肩) and said _________ more. Fred put the watch in his schoolbag and hurried back home. He looked at it again and again. That night, before he fell asleep, he put it _________ on his bedside table and kept turning his head to look at it. But the more he looked at it, the more a(n) _________ feeling started to eat away at him. It was a beautiful watch—but Fred _________ it was something that was not his.

“Tom,” he said, the next day at school, “didn’t you say you might know the __________ of the watch?”

“Yes. It looks like Doctor Perry’s. I saw him __________ it before.”

After school ended, Fred hurried to the doctor’s office. “Excuse me, Doctor Perry. Is this watch yours?” said Fred.

The doctor took a good look at the __________. “It is,” said the doctor. “I lost it the other day.”

“I found it,” said Fred, “and I took it home. I didn’t know it was yours. Now, here you are.”

The doctor said, “You’ve been very __________ and helpful. I bought a new one, so now I have two. I’m __________ thankful that I’d like you to keep the old one.”

“Really? Oh! Thank you!” said Fred. When he looked at the watch in his hand, he felt another rush of joy—but this one was __________ and much, much better. He had done the right thing!