—No, never. But I have had noodles.
—For about two hours
—Certainly, sir. Please get in.
Yesterday was my friend Sally's birthday. She had invited me to her birthday party. And another friend, Eric had offered (take) me to the party by car.
When I was getting dressed, Eric rang and said he was ill and couldn't go to Sally s party. I decided to go there alone by . Unluckily, while I was talking the phone, my cat walked over my clean shirt, I had to spend a few minutes (find) another one.
As I was walking to the train station, it started to snow and I felt very cold. I just missed a train so I had to wait for another one. When the train (final) arrived I was frozen! I was so cold and tired that I fell (sleep) on the train and missed my station.
I got off at the next stop and decided to walk back to Sally's house. I walked for half hour and then I realized I was (lose). (luck), I found a public phone and telephoned for a taxi. When I finally arrived at Sally's house, it was nearly midnight and people were going home. What a terrible day!
This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and 1 was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.
When the earthquake 2, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock 3 the road. But they couldn't move it.' They tried to push it but failed. They tried to 4 it with ropes but nothing worked.
"Well," they all agreed, "there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the 5." At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."
"You?" they shouted." What are you talking about?" The men all 6at the boy.
The next morning some people came to the road. One of them shouted," The rock is 7!" More people ran out to see it. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't 8 near the road.
"This is 9 ， " they said." Where did it go?"
The boy stood on the road, 10, "I told you I could move it. "
The boy walked over to where the 11 had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.
The people looked 12"You see," he said, "I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline(斜坡) up to the rock and the rock 13 down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth. "
The crowds shouted," What a 14 boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good 15 ?"
It's not easy growing up. Growing up can be a real "pain" for some of us. We are always doing things that someone else makes us do and aren't allowed to do all the things we like. Sometimes we feel sad, sometimes we are afraid, and sometimes we just don't understand why we can't stay young forever. But we should take a look back on all the hard periods of life with a positive attitude and learn from them. We should realize that all of our growing pains actually turn into growing gains!
Throughout our lives we are going to face many challenges and pains, but we should never let these obstacles keep us from following our dreams. We must overcome every obstacle one small step at a time.
As a young girl, my parents forced me to do so many things that I didn't like. They made me learn to play the violin and then the piano. At that time, I hated music and I also hated them. But looking back now, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons. Music has enriched my life in so many ways. I now realize that my parents and teachers wanted me to have a better life than they did themselves.
We are all going to experience growing pains, but they are just part of our life. Think about how we would feel if we had no challenges and lived a life like that. Life would be really boring and meaningless. The future is ours! A little hard work and sweat never hurt anyone! If we realize that these pains are just small bumps on our road to success, we will realize that our growing pains are actually growing gains!
