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　　“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance tonight．I hope you’ll come．Here is the ticket．Don’t forget!” Then she 　　1　　 in a hurry．

　　“What? Dance? Is that 　　2　　?” I asked myself．Mary was not such kind of girl．She was a quite 　　3　　 one．I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes．In fact, she really did not know 　　4　　 to dress up．What a terrible thing!

　　“I should go to, I must go to．” I thought．

　　I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my 　　5　　 and sat down．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would have a 　　6　　 time before her turn, for I had no sense of art, 　　7　　 her performance was worth(值得)watching, no matter how long I would wait．Time went 　　8　　, I tried my best not to fall asleep．

　　Just then, came the 　　9　　“Let’s welcome the next exciting dance－Latin!”,

　　Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible, 　　10　　 to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared．She 　　11　　 with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying．I could 　　12　　 believe my eyes．

　　After all the performance ended, I 　　13　　 her at the gate．

　　“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶)shoes．“How do you feel?”

　　“Fantastic!” I answered．

　　“Ha, ha．I knew 　　14　　 would be．” She could not hide her excitement, laughing 　　15　　 a child．

　　At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

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　　Like most teenagers in the world, Joso Montanaro a teen artist in Brazil, likes reading and drawing cartoons．But he is special－his drawings get published(出版)．

　　Montanaro is now drawing cartoons for Folha．Folha is Brazil's largest newspaper and is known for its cartoons．Montanaro has already been working at Folha for two years．Each week he draws two, there or four cartoons and sends them to the paper．From those editors choose one for the next day's page．

　　Montanaro draws about the news of the day．Recently he worked on The Wave－a drawing of the tsunami(海啸)that hit Japan．Montanaro also likes to draw cartoons about the funny things that happen in Brazilian politics(政治)．

　　“I like doing political drawings because you can joke about somebody bigger than you．” Montanaro says．

　　Folha's art director ,Mario Kanno, says editors saw something new and different in Montanaro's work．“We brought him in with this idea to show that, yes, young people also read newspapers and can show their ideas on politics,”Kanno says．

　　Montanaro's love for cartoons began when be was only 7 or 8 year old．His dad bought him comics．Montanaro says these books gave him the ideas that got him drawing．“I think those great works have really helped me,”he says．“They remind me that I should draw something in my book every day．”