I have a friend. Her name is Sandy. She is a student in No.3Middle School. She has a healthy life. In the morning, she usually gets up at half past six. She goes to work at ten to eight. She has lunch at her workplace. Then she gets home at about five p.m.

In the evening, she eats chicken for dinner. She reads book on Monday and Wednesday. She has art class on Thursday and Friday. On Saturdays and Sundays, she often exercises with her friends.

Do you think her life is healthy?

Back in her room, Miss Polly opened the letter from a far away town in the west and read it again.

I have sad news for you! Your sister’s husband, John died two weeks ago. He left a girl, 11 years old, behind him.

John was the minister ( 牧师 ) in the church here, and wasn’t very rich. Nobody could care for her now, only you, her family in the east. John spoke of this before he died.

Can you take care of her? We can put Pollyanna on the train to come to you. When I get your answer, I can tell you the day and time of the train.

Jeremiah O. White

Miss Polly sat with the letter and thought of her sister Jennie, the girl’s mother. When Jennie was twenty, she wanted to marry young John for love. Her parents weren’t happy about it, but she didn’t listen to them. She married, left home, and went west with her husband.

Miss Polly remembered it well. Of course Jennie wrote for a time. Her letters told them about her little girl. Jennie gave her the name Pollyanna after her two sisters, Polly and Anna. Some years later, a letter came to them from a small town in the west. It was from John and brought sad news. Jennie was dead.

Miss Polly thought about the past 25 years. She was 40 years old. Her parents and sisters were all dead. The big family house and money were now in her name. Some people said to her, “Why don’t you live with a friend?” But she didn’t want a friend, she liked living alone and quietly. And now ...

No one wants to be in a life-or-death situation. However, if you are getting into such a dangerous situation, what will you do, fight or flight?

When 13-year-old Joe Rowlands and his dad were in a kayak（皮艇）accident, the brave teenager chose to fight. He not only fought for his own life, but also saved his father’s.

On that day, Joe and his father Paul were out on their kayak off the coast of Anglesey in the UK. Suddenly they noticed that the kayak was starting to fill with water. Then they found out there was a hole in the floor of the boat. Without another choice, Paul turned the boat over. He asked Joe to climb on the top of the kayak so that he could push the boat to an island.

However, the rough（汹涌的） waves made it too hard for Paul to push the boat to land. They had to swim without the boat. Luckily, Joe made his way to the island safely. But when he looked back, he found his dad was no longer swimming. Risking his life, Joe jumped back into the cold water and managed to drag（拽）his dad up onto some rocks. Then Joe did CPR（心肺复苏） on his dad until he came around.

“I know I can never pay him back for saving my life and I’m very proud of him. He acted with courage beyond his years,” Paul said of his son.