It was a cold winter, with Christmas right around the corner. My kids and I were going shopping. On the way to the 1, I saw a man in an old and thin T-shirt. He was 2a sign that, said, "Lost my job. Family to feed. "Only a few people stopped and gave some money to him. It was clear that the man was 3.

My 10- year old daughter and 7-year-old son 4 him, too. After understanding his situation, they felt 5 and said he must be feeling bad to stand outside in the cold wind.

When we were in the supermarket, I asked my daughter to pick 6 she thought our "friend" outside would need.

She picked some apples, hamburgers, some cheese and a bottle of juice.

Then my son asked, "Can we buy him a 7 ?"

I didn't expect that, so I had to 8 the suggestion carefully. We were not rich and we needed to buy lots of things, but... Well, sometimes helping others is just 9 we need to do!

We talked about the fact that we could not buy something we planned to buy 10we bought a jacket for the man. My kids 11 to take some snacks and toys off the shopping list.

When we found the man, my kids 12him the bag of food and the jacket. He was first surprised and then very glad. He 13us and said we must be the angels sent by the God.

I think this 14 has been a wonderful chance for our family. 15of my kids agreed that helping others made them happier.

While vampire （吸血鬼）stories first appeared hundreds of years ago, they have never been more popular than they are today.

Stephenie Meyer is best known for her best-selling Twilight series. The four books have been translated into more than 50 languages and made into five hit movies.

So what is it about these drinkers of human blood that continues to interest us?

Arlene Russo, writer of The Real Twilight:True Stories of Modern Day Vampires, is not surprised by the success of Twilight, " Why wouldn't you be interested in a creature （生物）that never grows old and lives forever? Isn't that what most people really want? The secret of staying young forever?" she said in an interview.

But in the eyes of British researcher Deborah L. Wells, the reason that vampires never die is that they change with our culture. " We create very different vampires to fit different times, "she said. "Edward Cullen, leading vampire in Twilight, not the same as Count Dracula in Bram Stoker s 1897 novel Dracula. "

Different as they are. Wells believes vampires are " the perfect way for us to look at our own worries". Stoker's Dracula is powerful, yet old and ugly. The Irish writer's book is really about the fear of the fall of the British Empire.

When I was 7 years old, I went to the US with my mom. I can still remember the first Halloween holiday I had in 1 .

On the morning of Halloween, we paid a 2 to a pumpkin farm. Each of us brought back a pumpkin to school. I used my pumpkin to make a 3 which had two round eyes and a scary mouth.

In the afternoon, we 4 the Halloween costumes and had a parade in school. Some of the costumes were funny, but some of them 5 scary. I chose to wear a Superman costume.

I did a lot of things that day, but the part I liked 6 was "trick or treat" in the evening. After 7 , I went outside with a bag. I 8 to get a lot of candies from my neighbors. At first, I was a bit nervous , 9 when I knocked at the first door, my heart was beating very fast. A lady came out, and I said carefully to her, "Trick or treat!" My 10 was very low, so low that I could 11 hear myself speak. To my surprise, the lady was so kind that she gave 12 two candies, and I was so excited. I thanked the lady and moved on. I can't remember 13 houses I visited, but I can remember how many 14 I got—I got 91 that day, and I was so happy.

What a 15 Halloween I had! And I wish we could have Halloween every month!