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'Is something wrong?' thought Marilla. She tried some cake, too. 'Anne Shirly!' she cried. 'What did you put in this?' 'Anne of Grean Gables' is written by L. M. Montgomery and very popular story all over the world. Maybe you had read already it in Japanese. This story is the most famous in the series of Anne's story.  It has 11 chapters with short stories. I'll introduce chapter 7 in it today! Chapter 7 ACake for Mrs.Allan The biging of summer vacation, a new minister Mr. Allan and his wife came the church. Marilla asked them to tea in her house, so Anne tried to make a cake for them. She also decorated around the table with flowers. After Mr. and Mrs. Allan arrived, Anne brought a cake. Mrs. Allan put it in her mouth and eat it, but she didn't look happy. Because it tasted strange! Actually, she put the medicine in her cake by mistake for vanilla. She was shocked and cried a lot in her room. As you can see from this, she is a carele

'What is an Identity Card?' I asked. 'I can't give you any money for this money order. First I must see your Identity Card. Your Identity Card gives your name and your address. Your Identity Card describes you. There is a photpgraph of you in your Identity Card. I don't know you. Who are you?' The official was a little angry.      One day, an old and poor man, Adam recieved a letter from his son, Saul. He and his wife called the school teacher to read it because they couldn't read or write. Then, the teacher opened and found a money order. It's one hundred pounds! Adam and his wife didn't berieve at first, but the villege people said them 'Adam, you are a rich man.' and they advised to take the money order to the Post Office in Darpur. In the next morning, Adam went to Darpur. It took a lot of time and finally he arrived at the Post office and waited his turn. His turn came and he gave a official his money order to change it one hundred

     Have you been to San Francicso? This town is on the west coast of the United States of America and  very famous city all over the world. This book is written about San Francisco from various views.      First of all, we can learn about the history of San Francisco. In 16 century, Sanish explolers sailed north along western coast of North America. Then they found California. Many years later, Spanish soldiers found a beautiful bay and they and monks built the Mission of San Francisco de Asis there. In a word, California and San Francisco are Spanish name. In 19 century, gold was discovered in the hills near San Francisco. It was Gold Rush. After that, a lot of men came to the town from all over the world for gold. They were called 'Forty-Niners' and they looked for gold. Few years later, San Francisco became the financial center of the western United States, although it didn't have enough laws and it was wild city. Therefore a railroad was developed all the way from