UNIT ONE CHILDREN A ND ADVENTURES 1
Ⅰ.Stolen Day by Sherwood Anderson 1
Ⅱ.The Big Bear by Charles Major 6
Ⅲ.Alas, Poor Annabelle! by Carol Ryrie Brink 14
Ⅳ.Kintu by Elizabeth Enright 27
Ⅴ.Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling 41
UNIT TWO NATURE AND CIVILIZATION 53
Ⅰ.Meat In Space by Terry Bisson 53
Ⅱ.Star Light by Isaac Asimov 57
Ⅲ.Animal Friends of Kildee House by Rutherford Montgomery 61
Ⅳ.Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat 72
Ⅴ.The Law of Life by Jack London 83
UNIT THREECOMMUNITY AND LIFE 90
Ⅰ.A Secret For Two by Quentin Reynolds 90
Ⅱ.Thanksgiving Day by Dorothy Canfield Fisher 94
Ⅲ.All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot 99
Ⅳ.King Lear s Daughter by Maurice Baring 118
Ⅴ.My Revelations As A Spy by Stephen Leacock 123
UNIT FOUR HUMANITY AND MORTALITY 133
Ⅰ.King of Paris Dies by Guy Endore 133
Ⅱ.Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway 143
Ⅲ.Accident by Agatha Christie 148
Ⅳ.The Living Christmas Tree by Madzy Brender ? Brandis 158
Ⅴ.Dawn by Elie Wiesel 167
APPENDIX I BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE AUTHORS 223
APPENDIX II ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:SOURCES AND REFERENCES 229