Cuckoo(布谷鸟) is a very beautiful bird. “She is beautiful,” says a monkey, “_______she isn’t helpful（有帮助的). The only thing she can do is_______.”

Cuckoo loves singing. She sings from day to night. Autumn is coming. All birds are busy collecting(收集) foods for_______. Not Cuckoo. She is singing.

The birds ask Cuckoo for_______. Cuckoo says, “Let me finish（完成）the_______.” She always says that but she______finishes it. All the birds think Cuckoo is lazy（懒惰的）.

One day, all the birds go out to work. But not Cuckoo. She is singing. Suddenly, she sees the trees are on fire(着火). “Oh, no! The foods are______the trees!” Cuckoo calls the birds to save the foods. But they can’t______in time(及时). Cuckoo does that by herself. After taking all the foods out of the fire, Cuckoo is tired（疲劳的）but happy,______she does something helpful. When the other birds come back, they are_______to see the burned（烧焦的）trees. Cuckoo_________them about all the things. Then the other birds say Cuckoo is______hero(英雄).

Is Cuckoo helpful or lazy? What do you think?

A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful ____, and knowing her husband could _____it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the birthday , her husband told her how _____he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He gave her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and found a Bible. _____, she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so upset that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very _____ in business. She owned two large companies. She __ her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to visit him. But before she could, she_____a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and take care of things. 

When she arrived at his house, sadness filled her heart. She saw the still new ____ , just as she had left it years before. With tears , she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring ______from the Bible to the floor and a card could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LOVE U ALWAYS”. ___ your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the  heart  .

I'm Huckleberry Finn. It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of me. You will hear a lot about me and my ___________ Tom Sawyer.

Some days ago, Tom and I found a pile of gold that robbers had hidden in a cave.   ___________ got $6, 000 each. That's a lot of money!

Judge Thatcher put that money in the bank for us and gave us one dollar a ___________ . That's enough for me to spend in one day, but Tom can always think of something to spend money on.

I lived by myself for some time ___________   my father ran off. I had no idea where he went. But the Widow Douglas took a ___________ on me and took me in to live with her. She thought I didn't behave like a gentleman. She always reminded me of my ___________ . "Huckleberry,   ___________ behind your ears when washing your face. " "Huckleberry, don't eat with hour fingers, use the knife and the fork ___________ . " "Huckleberry, clean your shoes before you come in. " It seemed that she could never say my   ___________without some reminder.

And she made me wear new clothes. They were so small that I could ____________ breathe in them. I didn't like the way she was trying to make a ____________   of me. So I ____________ in my old clothes.

I didn't go far before my best friend Tom found me. "You have to ____________ , " Tom said, "I'm thinking about starting a band of robbers. We need you to be a part of it. Only respectable people can join us. " I didn't much like that plan, ____________ I went back anyway.

The widow cried when she saw me. "Oh, Huck, I was so ____________when I couldn't find you. My poor boy" She put fine clothes back on me.