A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls，and nobody liked her．So she was always unhappy and didn’t like to talk to others．However，one day，her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip(发夹)．When she wore it，she looked much more beautiful than before．She decided to wear it to school．

    On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her．Most of her schoolmates said“hello”to her，but this never happened before．She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought her them all．She was so happy about all of the wonderful things．Although she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip，they all wanted to know what had happened to her．

    When she went back home after school，her mother asked her，“Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning．”

    She understood that she hadn’t worn the hair clip to school at all．

    It is not important what we wear or how we look．The most important is how we think about ourselves．

41．The little girl was not beautiful because she had no money to buy a hair clip．

42．Her mother didn’t like the little girl，either．

43．Most of the schoolmates liked her beautiful hair clip very much on that day．

44．Her mother found the clip by the door after the girl went to school．

45．It is not important what we wear or how we look．

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It was Sunday．The train was crowded．A gentleman was trying to look for a place．In one of the cars he saw a vacant seat．But a small suitcase was lying on it and a young man was sitting next to it．

    “Is this seat taken?”asked the gentleman．

    “Yes，it’s my friend’s．”answered the young man．“He’s just coming-this is his suitcase．”

    “Well，”said the gentleman，“I’ll sit here till he comes．”Five minutes later the train started，but nobody came．

    “Your friend is late，”said the gentleman．“He has missed his train，but he need not lose his suitcase．”And with these words he took the suitcase and threw it out of the window．