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　　It was Monday．Mrs．Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house．

　　Considering that there was no better way, Mrs．Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it “Give my dog half a pound of meat．” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, “Take this to the butcher, and he's going to give you your lunch today．”

　　Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's．It gave the paper to the butcher．The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to．The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once．

　　At noon, the dog came to the shop again．It gave the butcher a piece of paper again．After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more．

　　The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon．And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth．This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers(顾客)．

　　But, the dog came again at four o'clock．And the same thing happened once again．To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper．The butcher felt a bit puzzled．He said to himself, “This is a small dog．Why does Mrs．Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

　　Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

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　　I think it was my mother who taught me the meaning of honesty．Not because she actually was honest, but because she lied all the time．She felt that the easiest way out of any given situation was generally the best way out．And, for her, that generally meant telling a “little white lie”．As a young child I thought it was kind of cool．And, naturally, when I would come to her with a concern or question wondering what I should do, she generally advised me to lie．

　　“Mom, I told Theresa that I would go over to her house, but now I would rather go to Sue's house to play．”

　　“Tell Theresa you're sick，” she would advise．And generally I did．But I didn't seem blessed with her lack of conscience．On many painful occasions Theresa would find out that I really went to Sue's house without her．These occasions taught me that it is more painful to be caught in a lie than it is to tell the truth in the first place．I wondered how it was possible that my mother had never learned that lesson．

　　I started thinking of all the lies that I'd heard her tell．I remembered the time she told someone that her favorite restaurant had closed, because she didn't want to see them there anymore．Or the time she told Dad that she loved the lawn-mower he gave her for her birthday．Or when she claimed that our phone lines had been down when she was trying to explain why she hadn't been in touch with a friend of hers for weeks．And what bothered me even more were all the times she had involved me into her lies．Like the time she told my guidance counselor that I had to miss school for exploratory surgery, when she really needed me to babysit．And it even started to bother me when someone would call for her and she would ask me to tell　them that she wasn't there．

　　So, I started my own personai fight against her dishonesty．When I answered the phone and it was someone my mother didn't want to talk to, I said, “Louise, mom is here, but she doesn't want to talk to you．” The first time I did it, she punished me, but I refused to apologize．I told her that I had decided that it was wrong to lie．And the next time it happened I did the same thing．Finally, she approached me and said, “I agree that lying is not the best thing to do, but we need to find a way to be honest without being rude．” She admitted that her methods weren't right, and I admitted that mine were a bit too extreme．

　　Over the past few years, the two of us have worked together to be honest－and yet kind．Honesty should mean more than not lying．It should mean speaking the truth in kindness．Though I started by trying to teach my mom the importance of honesty, I ended up gaining a deeper understanding of the meaning of the term．

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　　BEIJING-When Fran-cesca Schiavone of Italy kissed the women’s singles trophy at Roland Garros last year, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slan tille, Li Na, who was beaten by Schiavone in the fourth-round, said："If she can do that, maybe I can do that too．" So when Li took on Schiavone once again in the final at the French Open on Saturday, she simply would not let her golden opportunity slip away．

　　And she did it in the best possible way．Li hammered the defending champion 6-4, 7-6(0), bringing China and also Asia its first Grand Slam title．

　　After Schiavone sent a backhand long, Li screamed with delight and fell to the ground．Then she picked herself up, skipped towards the net, gave her opponent a big hug and then basked in the passionate applause of the spectators at Court Philippe Chatrier．

　　"I was so happy when she hit the last ball out that I almost cried．I tried to control myself not to cry," Li said．"I have played professional tennis for 12 years and I am so happy that my efforts have paid off．"

　　Sharpened by her pervious Grand Slam final experience - at the Australian Open where she lost to Belgian Kim Clijsters - Li displayed a kind of all-conquering maturity that helped her to catch up with Schiavone at 6-6 in the second set and force a tiebreak, which she went on to win 7-0．[来源：Z,xx,k．Com]

　　"I was nervous but I didn't want to show my opponent．So I was cheating(faking)a little bit," Li said．

　　The 29-year-old Wuhan native paid special gratitude to her husband, Jiang Shan, who served as her coach before Denmark's Michael Mortensen joined her team in May．

　　"Although he(Jiang)is not my coach any more, I want to give many thanks to him．He always understands me and tolerates me…Thanks for accompanying me all the time．"

　　With the victory, Li will reach No 4 in the world, equaling the previous Asian record set by Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm in the early 1990s．

　　Her triumph is expected to provide a major push to a sport already rising fast in China．She said, “I hope after the young people in China looked at my successful match today they will want to do even better than me in the future．”

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　　Contribute your idea to help the poor children who want to study in China

　　A：Hi, everyone．There was an old topic which has gone now about the possible contribution to help the poor family or children in China．Here, may I ask any talented and kind people to do something for the cause? Then we may organize our own community to do something helpful for our country．Many thanks for your attention．Hope to hear your good thoughts and ideas soon．

　　B：Thanks for your message．I’ve read the website you posted and knew a bit about what is going on that activity．It’s good for all of us．Personally, I think I would like to help the rural area children who could not support themselves to get educated rather than help those mature ones．What do you think? Meanwhile, I really hope we can have others involved in this．Come on, and let’s do sth．good and nice．Cheers!

　　C：Hope so…As a Banzhu, I will try my best．At least, we shouldn’t let this message down!

　　D：If you are interested in this, shall we meet together to discuss some possibilities about it? Please let us combine to contribute a little for children who want to study．In my personal point of view, how to collect money is the key to success．

　　If you care, just give 2 or 3 pounds, even just 20 pence．Before money is accumulated to a satisfying level, we can definitely work out a reliable way to contribute it．Also please supply some stuff you do not need, or sell something in the BBS or somewhere．

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