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Once， there was a little girl named Meredith． Meredith enjoyed spending （1） 　　free time with her friends， but there was something different about Meredith． She was always interested in things （2） 　　chemistry and history． Meredith never wanted to （3） 　　about these interests because she was afraid she would be judged（评头论足）． she always learned more about these topics when she was by herself， （4） 　　no one could find out about this． One day， a new girl ， Josie， joined her sixth﹣grade class， and the new girl was （5） 　　to say three things about herself． Josie stood up and（6） 　　to talk about her interests． First ，she said she was （7） 　　in reading and writing stories． Second， she said she liked history． （8） 　　，she said she enjoyed chemistry． Meredith's eyes lit up with joy． Finally， she had found someone who had common interests as her． （9） 　　that day， Meredith found Josie on the playground and ran over to talk to her． They immediately（立刻） became （10） 　　and start to play at each other's houses on the weekend．

One day， a man was walking by the corner of a street． Here he met（1） 　　little boy holding a bird cage and selling the birds inside． He（2） 　　（stop） and looked very sadly at the birds without freedom in front of him． The birds were screaming in the cage， trying to fly away．

After standing（3） 　　a moment，he said to the boy，"How much does（4） 　　（you） bird cost？ I want…"

"One fifty cents， sir，" the boy answered quickly．

"I am afraid that you are mistaken． I am not asking how much it is．"The man said，"I would like（5） 　　（buy） all of them． What I ask is how much you want for them．"

Hearing this， the boy（6） 　　（happy） counted the number of the birds in the cage．

"They cost five dollars．"

"Here（7） 　　（be） the money! "The man passed the money． The boy counted excitedly． However， he then was（8） 　　（surprise） to find all the birds had flown away．

"OH， my god， for what reason did you do that， sir？ You don't even get a bird!" The boy asked the man who set the birds free．

"My boy， let me tell you（9） 　　I did this． " The man said， "I have no right to get them．Every life should be free and they are our（10） 　　（friend） So we should give them freedom．"