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　　I grew up in New Hampshire, a small town in South Canada, where in my father's words for the seasons were “Spring, Summer, Fairtime and Winter!” At that time, a week-long fair was held in the town every autumn．Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things．It was the busiest time of the year．

　　When “Fairtime” came, my grandma became the most “useful” and busiest person of the family．Grandma was a kind, well-educated old lady．She was good at cooking．All her rrelatives liked the foodshe cooked．During “fairtime”, they would come to live in her house and have meals there．Grandma was always happy to look after them．

　　Year after year, many people moved to big cities．There was no loner “Fairtime”．Grandma became very old and was gradually going blind．My parents and I moved to live with Granma in her house．We did our best to make her day-to-day life as comfortable as possible．I was at high school then．What I often did at home was to help Grandma with the daily newspaper's crossword puzzle．However, she didn't look happy．She often sat in her room for hours, without saying a word．

　　To attract people to move back, the Town Hall decided to reopen the Fair．One day, when I came back room school, I saw Grandma wearing her glasses, washing the dishes in the kitchen．With a big smile on her face, she looked a lot much younger．She told me that her two nieces would come．“They said the food I cooked was very delicious and they want to stay in my house again．” Grandma said happily．“They will stay here for one week and we can have a big party．That must be the busiest week I've had in years!”

　　I suddenly realized that Grandma didn't want to be looked after．She wanted to be “useful”, appreciated and helpful．

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阅读理解

　　Little Mike’s grandma died weeks ago．He missed her very much．One afternoon Mike went to the city park．Where his grandma used to go．There he saw an old lady．She looked very kind．She was sitting there, watching pigeons(鸽子)．Little Mike went up and sat next to her．He took out his food and drinks and gave some to her．She smiled at him．Her smile was so sweet that Mike wanted to see it again．She seemed to understand him, so once again she smiled．Mike was very glad．

　　They sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking．As it grew dark, Mike got up to leave．Before he left, he hugged(拥抱)the old lady and she gave him her sweetest smile．

　　When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face．“I met a granny in the park．Her smile was like the kind of smile I had seen on Grandma’s face．”

　　The old lady also returned to her home happily．She told her son that she had food and drinks with a little boy．“He was as lovely as Brittany．”she said．Her son was surprised, because he had never seen her so happy since Brittany, her grandson, died weeks ago．

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