● Love

1) Said the little boy, "Sometimes ______________."

Said the little old man, " _______________. "

The little boy whispered, " ______________. "

" ______________, " laughed the old man.

Said the little boy, " ______________. "

The old man nodded. " ______________. "

"But worst of all, " said the boy, " it seems________________. "

And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.

" ___ ____, " said the little old man. —Shel Silverstein

2) Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own (1)______. Give love to your (2)_______, to your wife or husband, to a next door (3)__________ … Let no one ever come to you without leaving (4)________ and (5)_____. Be the living (6)_______ of God's kindness; kindness in your (7)______, kindness in your (8)_____, kindness in your (9)______, kindness in your warm (10)____. -Mother Teresa

● A Song About Friendship

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brocht to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne; we’ll raise a cup o’ kindness yet for auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne; we’ll raise a cup o’ kindness yet for auld lang syne.

● Beauty of Nature

TREES

In the Garden of Eden, planted by God,

There were goodly trees in the springing sod—

Trees of beauty and height and grace,

To stand in splendor before His face:

Apple and hickory, ash and pear,

Oak and beech, and the tulip rare,

The trembling aspen, the noble pine,

The sweeping elm by the river line;

Trees for the birds to build and sing,

And the lilac tree for a joy in spring;

Trees to turn at the frosty call

And carpet the ground for their Lord’s footfall;

Trees for fruitage and fire and shade,

Trees for the cunning builder's trade;

Wood for the bow, the spear, and the flail,

The keel and the mast of the daring sail—

He made them of every grain and girth

For the use of man in the Garden of Earth.

Then lest the soul should not lift her eyes

From the gift to the Giver of Paradise,

On the crown of a hill, for all to see,

God planted a scarlet maple tree.

---by Bliss Carman

● Story Telling

1) Make up a story with the following elements.

2) Compare your story with the text. Have you found anything unexpected?