He was our good friend, and we were often together. But he never laughed, so we called him "Not Happy." When he was happy, you could see it in his eyes. He was a good student, and was very clever. His body was the same size as that of a baby's.
But then, tragedy struck. He was such a good student that he would stay up and study until the middle of the night. Finally, one day he went to sleep, and we were never together again. We know that his soul has gone to heaven, and that from there he will bless and protect us.
The moral of the story is: Studying hard is not the most important thing. You must study AND find time to play in order to make true progress. It's bad to just study and not pay attention to your health, because if you don't have your health you have nothing. You must find a way to relax--playing is also an important part of life.
One dark night, there was a fleshless, bloodless skeleton ghost that rushed into our dormitory. When we saw it, we thought about the zombies and vampire bats we had seen on television. He was very stiff. He had a long red tongue, hollow white eyes, and sharp fangs.
We screamed, "Aaaaaaaah!" But the skeleton ghost didn't eat us, and in fact, he said he wanted to make friends with us! He also took a picture with us.
We listened to his story. He used to be a worker in a chemical factory. He studied pharmaceutical issues, so when he went to a sparsely populated area to examine the medical possibilities of the plants there. However, he ran into a site contaminated by hazerdous waste. A frog that had once wandered into this area had grown into an enormous monster frog. This giant frog ate the worker, and all that was left of him was his bones.
He had come to our dormitory in order to tell us that people should not destroy the natural environment.
After we heard his story, what do you think?
--Yu Jun
**Note to Readers: Skeleton Man is actually a miniature plaster skeleton who graces the Kangding Web Project Office. All characters and events described here are purely fictitious and should not be taken seriously.**
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