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Story1 The Old Cat?An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.?Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work 　the old did when they were young."?story 2 A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.?He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he 　　could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."?He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.?Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. A pairy friend Peter was a little boy. His parents were very busy with their work, so he was usually very lonely.?One day, Peter sat in the garden playing alone, and he really wished that he could have a friend to play with.Suddenly, Peter saw a purple-winged fairy sitting on a rose. " " Hi! I am Peter. Who are you? " asked Peter. " I am a fairy named Sara," said the fairy." Hi! Sara, would you like to be my friend and play with me? " asked Peter. "Yes, I'd love to." Sara replied.?Sara then sat on Peter's knee and talked happily about her fairyland." There