my friend英语作文小学生(热门20篇)

In the early morning, my sister went out and brought home a bunch of pretty flowers. Right after my mother got up out of bed, we said "Happy Mothers Day"! to her and gave her the flowers. My mother was very happy; she smiled and said, How wonderful the flowers look! Thank you! Also, we told her we were going to do all the housework for our beloved mother, and she could take a rest for a day.

在清晨，我姐姐出去了一束漂亮的鲜花。当我的母亲起身下床，我们说“母亲节快乐”!给她的花。我妈妈很高兴;她笑着说，“花看起来多么美妙!谢谢你!同时，我们告诉她我们要为我们的母亲做所有的家务，她可以休息一天。

In the beginning, we were excited about all the work we can do at home. Before long, we found that the housework seemed to be endless, There was cooking and washing, and cleaning to do, and there was shopping to do, too . During the dinner hour, the kitchen seemed so busy. My father was making a salad, my sister was baking a pie for dessert, and I was washing rice and vegetables, and there were many other things to do. Finally, the dinner was ready; it was two hours behind the usual schedule. The food was not as delicious as my mothers. Nevertheless, my mother and father enjoyed it, and felt very proud of their daughter and son.

在开始的时候，我们感到很兴奋，我们能做的所有的工作在家里。不久，我们发现，家务似乎是无止境的，有洗衣做饭，和打扫卫生，并有购物的事，太。在晚宴小时，厨房似乎很忙。我的父亲是一个沙拉，我的姐姐是一饼烘烤的甜点，我洗大米和蔬菜，还有许多其他的事情要做。最后，准备晚餐;它是两个小时后通常时间表。食品是不是我的母亲。尽管如此美味，我的父亲和母亲很喜欢，和他们的女儿和儿子感到无比自豪。

我有一个非常凶的老师，她是我的英语老师，她有一个厚厚的嘴唇，还有一双小巧玲珑的眼睛，她那小小的耳朵，几乎没有人注意过她的耳朵。我的英语老师姓董，我们都叫她Missdong。不过，我们的英语老师也很好，每次我们举手发言的时候，说一次，就1颗星。收起30多颗就可以换奖品了。我有一个大胆的决策，可是，肯定我们班上的同学们都不敢。我去跟Missdong说了。我说的是，劳资是中国人，不是外国人，劳资不学英语。当时，老师一听，傻了。问我，张皖玉啊，你英语成绩很好啊!为什么不喜欢英语呢?。我当时只想对老师说，我们有不足的地方，你就用我们休息时间惩罚我们好了。为什么，要霸占，我们的体育课，音乐课?我们上学的时候，偶尔会很累。但我们也坚持着上课!到了音乐课，我们欢喜的不得了，可以听音乐休息一会儿，可谁知，到头来还是英语课。我想在这儿给老师提个意见。我们表现不好就用课间时间来惩罚吧。不要夺走我们最可以放松的最爱的课好吗?老师?

我又迟到了 I Am Late Again

I opened my eyes in the morning and looked at the clock. "Oh, dear! Its

half past seven already. Ill be late again," I thought. Without breakfast, I

hurried to school. But it began to rain hard.

早晨我睁开眼睛，看看钟表，“天啊!已经七点半了。我又要迟到了，”我想。没有吃早饭，我就匆匆朝学校赶去，可是天又下起雨来。

When I got to the classroom, the maths teacher had already begun his

lesson. It was Mr wang. All of us were afraid of him. I didnt like him, or his

lessons. I opened the door. " Im late again, Mr Wang."

当我到教室时，数学老师已经开始讲课了。是王老师，所有的学生都怕他。我不喜欢他，也不喜欢他的课。我打开门，“王老师，我又迟到了。”

"Ive told you not to be late, but you ..." he said angrily. But suddenly

he stopped, and looked at my clothes. He quickly took off his own jacket and

handed it to me. "Now take off your wet coat and put wet one on." he said

kindly.

“我早就告诉你不要迟到，可是你……”他生气地说。可是他突然停下来，看了看我的湿衣服。他很快脱下自己的上衣递给我。“把你的湿衣服脱下来，套上这件。”他和蔼地说。

It was a bit large for me, but I felt warm in it.

衣服套我身上有点大，可是穿上感觉很温暖。

New Year is the biggest festival for Chinese people. After about half a

month, there is a traditional festival, it is the Lantern Festival, which is

also important. The first round moon day in the New Year is special. People

continue to celebrate the New Year and enjoy the time with their families.

The coming of Lantern Festival is various. Some people said that it is

related with Buddha. When the Buddhas meditated, they need light in front of

them, so the light can drive away monster for people. Today, in some areas,

people light up lanterns to beg for a son from god. No matter what the story is,

the traditional festival is favored by people and the government pays special

attention to remind this tradition.

There are many activities on Lantern Festival, and the most traditional

game is the riddle. People can read some riddles that are written in the

lanterns. They can get prizes if they know the answers. I love riddle so much,

because when I figure out the answers, I will be very proud of myself, at the

same time, I can learn some funny knowledge.

My friend

I have a friend. Her name is Candy. She is twelve year old. She has black and short hair. She has a little mouth, two big eyes. She is so cute. Her mom and dad love her. She has a happy family. Her friends like her too, So she’s happy every day.

She is a student of Yi Zong Fu Xiao. She is in Class Four Grade Six. She studies very hard. English is her favourite subject. She likes to speak English. She can speak English very well now. She always says “Learn by doing.” So she thinks speaking is very important in learning English.

We are very busy studying when we are in school. But on the weekend, we are free. We often do homework together on Saturdays. After that, we can watch TV at home. Sometimes, we play games. We have the same hobbies. She likes riding bikes and watching TV and so do I. Her favourite sport is swimming. She’s very good at it. She often teaches me how to swim in summer.

I like her very much. I am lucky to be her friend.

小学英语实习日记一

2.28星期二晴

今天是实习授课的第二天，我早早地准备好今天讲课的内容，但真的要上课时，我心里却不免有点紧张，因为昨天是我第一次上讲台用自己的方式去向学生传授知识啊!今天在上新课之前，我必须先要把昨天的内容

简单复习一下，这可正是对我教的好坏一个全面的检验......上课了，我表面上镇定自如地走上了讲台。一些常规的课堂程序之后，我开始了课堂复习步骤，出乎意料的是学生们反应迅速，对答如流。说真心话，看到这我心里真的感到无比喜悦。

晚上回到家，想起白天上课的情景，我感慨颇多，我想我真正体味到了劳动并享受着劳动后的成果的愉悦了。当然，在物欲横流的现代社会，这个观念也许会显得有些陈旧和俗套，但它却有着与生俱来的独特的古朴、风韵和精华。我们不能将快乐简单地理解为物质利益的获得和某种非精神意味的享受，快乐与否在于我们自身、我们的付出和我们的感受。由此我想到现在的学习，很长的一段时间，我都因没有进入理想的学府而怨天尤人，失却快乐。其实不断的学习便是一种快乐，奋进着永不放弃，需要不断体验快乐来支撑。不久的将来，我会成为一名人民教师，我会辛勤地工作，用心地去教书育人，我相信我一定能在平凡、艰苦中感受到欣慰和快乐。

3.3星期五小雨

今天是我实习的最后一天。因为课程安排在上午一、二两节，所以我得起早，偏偏天公不作美，下着小雨，清晨躺在床上的我真的不想起床，看看表，哎呀!快六点了，再不起来就会迟到了，可是由于昨晚备课到很晚加上心里一直惦记着今天要起早。所以整夜没睡好，夜里醒了好几次，真不想起床啊......然而想到那些学生们，我自问“我有理由迟到吗?”最后我终于没有给我的实习留下什么遗憾，事后我却想了许多，也明白了由立志到实现目标非常关键的一点就在于坚持。坚持对于我们来说都是再熟悉不过的字眼，可是真正把握住它的人却凤毛麟角，坚持需要毅力，需要对目标价值的深切期望和正确估价，有时甚至需要人格力量来支撑。事情的成功有时往往便在于我们能否坚持那关键的一步，走过去，前面就可能是另一番海阔天空，而习惯了坚持，久而久之，这一信念范畴的东西便会逐渐地融入我们的个性之中，成为一种素养，一种道德，现在的我们马上面临毕业，就要踏入社会了，或许一些人会认为到了现在我们可以不再努力，毕业后找份工作，那便是一生了。如果这样的话，那么我们就永远失去了成就某种事业的机会。事实上作为师范专业的学生，我们更应该树立正确的劳动观念和道德意识。为人师表，认真而严肃的从事自己所热爱的事业，愉快而充实的度过我们平凡的一生。、

小学英语实习日记二

在小学实习的每一天都是充满意义与欢乐的，每一天每一名学生都能给我带来新的体验与感悟，我看到他们在成长，在变成一个越来越懂事的大孩子。放学后的路上，甚至不知不觉走过了头儿，又折了回去。回到寝室，我激动的心情溢于言表!但总感觉无论我用多么感人肺腑的话语，都无法比拟这一天在学校度过的令我感动的、难忘的点点滴滴!

充实的一天

今天是忙碌的，整整一个上午，都是在不断的听写英语、督促同学们学习中度过的，下课了，我就立刻找那些英语单词背不好的孩子听写，课上，便马不停蹄的批作业，并且时刻盯着宇，让她学习。我是喜欢和她一起学习的，感觉她是有那种学习的热情的，可以给我以感染力，又让我充满动力与激情。她也是听话的，只是稍微不仔细了一些，慢慢改正，应该是可以的。

让优秀坚持下去

中午批数学卷时，我分配给了几名学生，他们都欣然接受了，只有艾不想批，我对她说：“你不是答应老师可以做值日班长吗?为什么又不要做了?优秀是需要坚持的，今天优秀，明天就不了那算不上优秀。”艾似乎觉得有道理，便争着要批卷了。在我看来，艾是个心灵手巧、善于观察的小姑娘，只是有时候不太注意自己是在一个集体中，总做一些特立独行的事情，但这些并不影响她成为一个优秀的人，如果她能把这份优秀一直坚持下去，那真的是不可估量啊!

肩负一份责任

今天，我考了很多同学英语单词，并且让她们的同桌考他们第二轮、第三轮，直到全对为止，其中就有一直很愿意帮助同学的卓，她真是个温文尔雅的好姑娘。还有一个就是让我刮目相看的达，我一直认为学习好的同学只会学习，不会帮助别人，但这一观点，将从今天起转变。我让达督促他的同桌然背单词，达尽职尽责，不仅监督然学习，还一字一句的教他。中午，我见然回到教室开始学习，虽说是在补之前欠的债，但我还是很欣喜的，不多久，达也回来了，是回来帮助然的，着实让我很受感动。在达身上，我看到了一份对同学无私奉献的爱和他那弱小的肩上支起的坚定的责任!相比之下，辛，你要加油了!今天就你没有考呀，至少该对自己负责吧，期待可以看到你主动来找我听写哦!

把机会让给他

下午上了一节令人震撼的语文公开课，不仅因为老师和同学们精彩的配合，更是因为那个多次发言的禹(同学们说他“外刚内萌”，感觉很有趣)。在这节课快要下课时，老师再次点到了他，但他并没有急于回答，而是说：“老师，我把这个机会让给我的同桌，因为他也总举手，可是一次机会也没有得到。”顿时，听课的老师们被禹的回答说笑了，包括安老师也包括我，这个笑绝对不是嘲笑，也不是搞笑，而是一种欣慰的笑，一种赞赏的笑。在大家都急于表现自己的时候，禹的这种友情、这种谦让，让所有人为他竖起大拇指，又怎能不令我感动呢?

导语：老师就像辛勤的园丁，我们应该感谢我们的老师，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

I am lucky to have a teacher like you. And no matter what kind of person I will become, you will always have your influence on me. You taught me how to study, how to live and even how to be a man. From you, I learned what kind of person I want to be and what I should get from life. This means everything to me.

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我很幸运有像你这样的老师。无论我变成什么样的人，你都会对我有你的影响。你教我如何学习，如何生活，甚至如何成为一个男人。从你身上，我学会了我想成为什么样的人，我应该从生活中得到什么。这对我来说意味着一切。

My mother is just over fifty, a little bit older than our republic nation, so she has experienced two periods just like our country, showing both the traditional goodness and modern ideas.

Like all mothers, she is responsible and devotes most of her efforts to our family. So sometimes I feel regretful for her to give up her work, but she thinks it is the proper social role for a woman to be a housewife. She is satisfied with the family members achievements. She insists on keeping her children under her wings. You see how traditional she is.

However, since she is intelligent and has received the high education, it is easy for her to accept something new. In recent years, she is interested in the stock . Therefore, she cares about the political and economic situation of the country and the world, and actively collects information of the companies whose stocks she bought. What is more, she is a fan of the Argentine football team. So she was very sad after the defeat of this team in the 14th World Cup Tournament .

I love my mother, just because she loves me. Since we share some interests such as playing chess, we get chances to communicate with each other, which makes us close friends.

我妈妈刚刚超过五十个,有点超过我们共和国的国家,所以她经历了两个时期就像我们的国家一样,表现出传统美德和现代观念。

像所有的母亲一样,她负责,她的大部分努力致力于我们的家庭。所以有时我后悔让她放弃她的工作,但她认为这是适当的社会角色对女人是一个家庭主妇。她的家庭成员感到满意的成就。她坚持让她的孩子在她的翅膀。你看看传统。

然而,由于她是聪明,受到了高等教育,对她很容易接受新事物。近年来,她对股票感兴趣。因此,她关心这个国家的政治和经济形势和世界,并积极收集信息是她买了股票的公司。更重要的是,她是一个阿根廷足球队的球迷。所以她非常伤心失败后,这支球队在第14届世界杯比赛。

我爱我的母亲,因为她爱我。因为我们分享一些利益,如下棋,我们互相交流的机会,使我们亲密的朋友。

Xiao Ming is my good friend, lets go to talk about things about xiao Ming.

It was a hot summer day, on Monday afternoon, when school, xiao Ming line out of the school, and I was about to cross the road, xiao Ming thought of Chinese books and a pencil-box on the desk in the classroom forgot, so he hurried to the classroom, just ran to the door of the classroom, he saw the door unlocked, then gently pushed open the door, a look, and the classroom is full of garbage, xiao Ming to think: today on duty forgot to clean the health, the school daily health appraisal must have failed, the teacher will criticize them tomorrow, may also be fined they sweep the floor, so tomorrow we this group to sweep the floor.

Xiao Ming in the heart glad, he hurriedly picked up a book and a pencil case, just go to the door of the classroom, xiao Ming want to again: today on duty forgot cleaning, if check hygiene teacher saw our class so dirty, sure the contest of our class points. No, cant let them. Then, xiao Ming picked up the broom, sasha vujacic to sweep up the, different meeting time, xiao Ming is the classroom clean. Xiao Ming pour the waste to the cesspit of school, he saw far check hygiene of the teacher to check the health. Also not line, the classroom Windows not closed, to point deduction. He runs into the classroom, fly, panting and close all the Windows of the classroom one by one. This check hygiene of the teacher just came to our class classroom, they saw the classroom clean very clean health, gave a full marks, xiaoming went home happily.

The second day after the teacher know this situation, praised the xiao Ming.

Look, this is my friend, really proud for him!

小明是我的好朋友，我们一起去来谈谈关于小明的事情吧。

那是一个炎热的夏天，星期一下午放学时，我和小明排队出了校门，刚要过马路的时候，小明想起了语文书和文具盒放在教室的桌子上忘记拿，于是，他就急匆匆地向教室跑去，刚跑到教室门口，他看见教室门没有锁，便轻轻地推开教室门，一看，教室里到处是垃圾，小明想：今天的值日生忘记了打扫卫生，学校每日卫生评比一定不及格，明天老师一定会批评他们，还可能罚他们扫地呢，那么明天就不用我们这小组扫地了。

小明心里一阵阵高兴，他连忙拿起书和文具盒，刚走到教室门口，小明又想：今天的值日生忘记了打扫卫生，如果检查卫生的老师看见了我们班这么脏，肯定扣我们班的竞赛分的。不，不能让他们扣分。于是，小明拿起扫帚，沙沙地扫起地来，不一会工夫，小明就把教室打扫得干干净净。小明把垃圾倒到学校的垃圾池里，他远远看见检查卫生的老师来检查卫生了。不行，教室的窗户还没有关上，要扣分的。他飞似的跑进教室，气喘吁吁地把教室的所有窗户一一关上。这 时检查卫生的老师正好来到我们班的教室，他们看见教室的卫生打扫得很干净，给了一个满分，小明高高兴兴地回家去了。

第二天老师知道这情况后，表扬了小明。

看，这就是我的朋友，真为他自豪!

Today is mothers birthday, but I didnt know what to by for her.A watch was a good present, but it was too expensive for me to buy.Flowers were not so expensive, but they would die soon.A birthday cake was too sweet and mother didnt like it.

今天是妈妈的生日，可是我还不知道给她买些什么。手表是挺好的礼物，可是太贵了，我买不起。花倒是不贵，可是很快就枯萎了。生日蛋糕太甜，妈妈不喜欢吃。

Then father thought a good idea.He said, "Why dont we make a wonderful dinner for her?That will show our love for her!" Oh, that was good.Love is the most expensive present in the world.

后来爸爸相处个好主意。他说，“为什么我们不做一顿美味的晚餐呢！那会显示出我们对她的爱！”啊，太好了。爱是世界上最昂贵的礼物。

I will never forget the smile on mothers face when we were having supper together.

我将永远忘不了我们共聚晚餐时妈妈脸上的笑容。

I like Leigang park.

In the Leigang Park, we can see many trees and flowers there. Some flowers are red, and some are purple. The trees are big and tall. We can see a hill in the park. At the foot of the hill, we can see many houses and many roads.

There are many people in the park. Some are walking and singing. Some are dancing or playing games.

All the families are having a good time in the park.

My english teacher is nice. She has long hair. She likes singing and music. She likes to play sports in the afternoon. She loves our classmates very much. She looks like our sister.

She is good . She gets up at 6:50. She goes to work early. She has funny english class. In the afternoon, we play together.

She loves us,we love her. We lover each other!

I have a fat, wearing a suit, his face is a beard, keep the flat father.

Third grade, I do the book thinking questions, very careless, how to do are wrong. After a while, my father came to my front. See this familiar figure, I think he must be to help me solve the problem. However, my father said to me: "I think about it." He said that, my heart is not very patient.

After a while, my father did not see my pen to do, to concentrate on me to explain. He explained to me, as the teacher gave me the same class. Although he speaks like a teacher, but like me, or a little careless.

Listen to grandma said, a child called his father to go to the soldiers he did not go. He does not study well. Grandma told me not to learn from my father. But I am ashamed, every test, the total test is not good. Ugh!

Dad often sleep until noon twelve oclock to get up. He is very particular about health, that is sometimes do not love to wash clothes. He loves playing cards, sometimes playing all night. I am most tired of dad playing cards, although he gave me money to find books very hard, can always lose, how pity it!

Dad favorite fish and pepper, do not like to eat porridge. These are listening to my grandmother said.

Dad is the most annoying of my exam, he wants me to take good grades every semester to go home, I fight for it

Dad told me about my homework. I hope he will continue to work at this point, at the same time, I also hope that he can correct playing cards play all night and sleep habits.

[小学生我的爸爸英语作文集锦

hello!my name is Mingming.I am a pupil.i like speaking english very much.I go to school five days every week.every day i go to school on foot. because my school is not near my home.i like my school.there are about 3500 students and 54 teachers in my school.and i study grade 4.there are 45students in my class.my english teacher is tall and handsome .i love him very much. welcome to my school.you must be very happy.

Remember a Wednesday afternoon, Grandpa brought back a lovely puppy.

This little dog is very naughty, a gray hair, small eyes like black gem as bright, a pair of small ears cleverly erected on the head, the tail is always upturned, it is particularly cute. Because it is very naughty. So I gave it a name called "little skin."

He likes to eat bones. Eat two claws tightly put the bones on the ground. You look at it when eating bones, how delicious it! It is most like playing with other peoples puppies, it is happy, always love to shake its tail. Unhappy when you do not even look at me. When someone came, it would be barking, as if I said "someone came" I play with a small partner, it straight to my side Minato, but also straight behind me.

Later, the small skin missing, I am very sad, like a knife twist in general. I see someone elses dog to think of small skin, I believe that one day a small skin will come back.

Regardless of vacation for a few days, I must be with my family, only together with my family on holiday, is the true happiness.

Ill keep the spirit of the foot, to relax, and violin lessons to finish my homework, I hope to have a holiday, dont heart also worry about the homework, play, will be completely relaxed, no psychological pressure, can play very much.

Then my family and I came to Japan by plane, the first stop is Disneyland, I decided to overcome my timid, all the rides to play, no matter how dangerous, I try to be brave.

Then we came to Hokkaido, live in a home stay facility full of cherry blossoms, put down the luggage, after thoroughly the comfortable spa, to sleep with a sweet smile.

Before returning home, we visited the farm, drink the fresh milk, bought countless souvenirs, Im going to back to my good friends, also show: by the way, let everybody envy my holiday.

Can you guess how? I will leave two days holiday, have a good at home doing nothing, have a good sleep, eat and sleep well, this holiday, is the most perfect period on the painting.

不管有几天的假期，我都一定要跟我的家人在一起，只有跟家人在一起的度假，才是真正的快乐。

我会先养足的精神，先放松自己，把功课和小提琴的功课都先完成，我希望放假的时候，不要心里面还担心这些功课，要玩，就要彻底放松，没有心理压力，才能玩得尽兴。

接着我们全家就搭飞机来到日本，第一站是迪士尼乐园，我决定要克服自己的胆小，所有的游乐设施都要玩，不管多么惊险，我都要勇敢的试试看。

然后我们来到北海道，住进一家开满樱花的民宿，放下行李后，好好的泡了舒服的温泉，带着甜蜜的微笑进入梦乡。

回国以前，我们参观了牧场，啜饮最新鲜的牛奶，买了数不清的纪念品，我打算带回来送给我的好朋友们，顺便也炫耀一下，让大家羡慕我的假期。

你猜怎的?我会留两天的假期，好好在家什么事也不做，好好补眠，好好的吃吃睡睡，这样的假期，才算是画上最完美的句点了。

The famous Dr. Smith，dean of Medical College，was appointed private physician to the King. Whereupon he proudly wrote the following notice on the blackboard of his classes:“Professor Smith informs his students that he has been appointed Honorary Physician to His Majesty the King.”

When he returned to his classroom in the afternoon，he found written below his notice this line: "God save the King”

physician

majesty

I have a best friend, we know each other when we are five years old, now we talk about everything. But sometimes we will have the argument, none of us want to give in first. We make a deal that the next day we will meet in a place every time, so we become good again. I cherish our friendship so much.

我有一个最好的朋友,我们彼此认识的时候是在我们五岁的时候,现在我们无所不谈。但有时我们会有争吵,谁也不想先屈服。我们达成协议,第二天我们会在一个地方见面,这样我们再次和好。我珍惜我们的友谊。

I have a beautiful mom, my moms eyes sparkling, still big. Eyebrows are Liuye eyebrows, mouth is very long, very high nose, face is always flushed.

Once, I just came home and saw my mother being wiping the glass. She first opened the faucet, and then took a towel to dip some water. Then, when she touched, put the faucet off. Began to wipe the glass, and her waist like a pencil just standing where the hand holding a towel waving. Eyes staring at the glass, and suddenly she found a piece of black on the glass. She thought: who is doing it? Do not talk about health, then, my mother would like to come up with a good way.

She took a deep breath to the heart. Then, blown out, my mother took the towel and began to rub. Finally, the piece of black wiped out, tired of the arm are pain. See me, my heart hurts to my mother, said: "Mom I give you rub." Mother said: "Well, no, I do it yourself! You grow up and then help my mother to do a good job." So my mother Endured the pain and wiped the glass.

Mom is a hardworking person, there is such a good mother I feel very happy. How can your mother tell me?

The Lunar New Year occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first

four days of the year, during which people do not work except for the workers on

duty. Students do not go to school, and shops are closed.

Several days before the new year, people begin to prepare. Farmers kill

pigs, sheep, cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses

are cleaned; couplets are posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at

the gate.

On the eve of the new year, each family has its members gatherd together

and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock

strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers

and other fireworks to welcome the new year. On the first day of the new year,

almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. When

people meet on the way, they say to each other "Happy New Year". Friends

and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children

indulge themselves in games.

Betty is a lazy girl. She doesnt study hard, and she doesnt help her mother with the housework, either. "What are you going to be when you grow up, Betty?" Mother asks. "Youre too lazy. No job will ever fit you."

"But I know one," says the girl, "Im going to be Father Christmas," "You want to be Father Christmas?" Mother is surprised, "But why?" "Because he works only one day in a whole year."