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　　Welcome to the Amazing kids Website! Here you can read about clever children all over the world．

　　Gina, who is thirteen years old, got first prize in the "Young Cook of the Year" competition and is now writing her own recipe(烹饪)book for kids．"I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use," she says．Gina learned by observing(观察)her father, who's also good at cooking, in the kitchen．She wants to encourage other children to cook because "everyone needs to eat, so it's a skill that will always be useful!"

　　Fourteen-year-old Bren used to love running until he had a serious car accident three years ago．He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again．Now he's an athlete who has recently completed a marathon．"After my accident I wanted to give up," he says．"But now I'm happy to be alive and able to continue running．"

　　Helga has always been good at science, but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor．Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town．"That gave me an idea," says the clever sixteen-year-old girl．It took her over a year to invent a special machine that tells car drivers when a train is coming．

　　One company is already interested in selling it, so it may be in the shops soon!

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　　A girl complained to her father about her hard life．She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up．She felt tired of fighting and fighting．One problem had been finished but another came over．

　　Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen．He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸)them．After boiling, in the first pan was put some carrots, the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee．

　　The girl waited impatiently(不耐烦的), confused by what her father did．About 20 minutes later, her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl．He took the eggs and put them in a bowl．After that the coffee was poured into a cup．“My sweet heart, what do you see? ” he asked．

　　“Carrots, eggs and coffee, ” she replied．

　　Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots．She did so and felt that the carrots were soft．After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them．After peeling(剥开)them, she got the eggs, cooked and hard．The last, the father let her smell the coffee．She asked, “What did you do this for, Father? ” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience－the boiling water, but each had a different result．The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak．The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked．The coffee was very special, they could change water．“Who are you?” asked her father．“When bad luck knocks at your door, what is your decision? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee? ”