A Good Young Pioneer

　　Li Hua is a Yong Pioneer. He is going to the park. Now  he is  waiting  for  a  bus.  Suddenly  he  finds  a watchon theground.He askssome people, “Whose watch is it?” But the watch isn’t theirs. So he gives the watch to a policeman.

　　Now Li Hua gets on the bus. He  is  sitting  near the window. An old woman gets on the bus. She has no seat. So he stands up and says, “Here is a seat for you, Granny. Please sit here”

　　A Cat and a Bird

　　There are three trees near the house. There is a big tree, and two small trees.

　　In the big tree there is a bird. Can the bird sing? Yes, it can. What’s under the big tree? It’s a cat.

　　“I want some food,” thinks the cat. “Bird, my good friend, Come here! It’s time to play games” says the cat.

　　“No today, thank you!” says the bird, “You can’t catch me! Goodbye!” Look! The bird is flying!

　　A Flying Fox

　　A flying fox is not a fox at all. It is a bat. But this bat looks like a fox. A flying fox is very big. It likes to eat fruit. Sometimes the flying fox is called fruit bat.

　　The flying fox flies into fruit trees. Then the bat eats all the fruit. So fruit farmers do not like the flying fox.

　　Flying Birds

　　Birds don’t fly high up in the sky. The air is too thin.

　　It  is  hard  for  birds  to  breathe  in  thin  air.  Thin air doesn’t hold them up.

　　Birds fly near the ground so that they can see where they are. The birds look for places they know. Then they do not get lost. Some birds fly so low over the ocean that the waves often hide them. Many birds fly a long distance in the spring and autumn.

　　Air

　　Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play. From the time we were born air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we cannot live for more than a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working or running we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air. We live in air, but we cannot see it. We can only feel it  when  it  is  moving.  Moving  air  is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold an open book in front of your face, close it quickly. What can you feel? What you feel is air.

　　Clocks

　　There are many clocks in the Brown’s house. They are in different rooms.A big clock stands in a corner of the sitting room. It is a very, very old clock, but it still keeps good time. Mr. Brown winds it once a week.

　　Swimming

　　Swimming is a good sport. It’s popular. People like swimming because the water makes people feel cool. But if they swim in a wrong place, it is very dangerous. These years, some people died when they were enjoying themselves in water and most of them were students. Summer holiday will be there again. I want to give you some advice. First, don’t get into the water when you are alone. Second, don’t get into the water if there is a No swimming sign. Third, you should be careful in the water. If you remember these, swimming will be safe and it’s good for your health.

　　A missing tiger

　　We used to have a cat called Tiger. He was a beautiful tabby with a great deal of character. He was a natural hunter, and very soon no mouse dared to show its face in our house.

　　Unfortunately Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and this made him very unpopular with some of the neighbors. Onday day, just after his second birthday, Tiger disappeared. Perhaps he was run over by a car, for at that time we lived near a busy street. Although we offered a reward, we never discovered what had happened to him and we never saw him again.