【Ireallylikereadingandwritingshortstories．Thesestoriesareusuallyabout6to20pageslongwhichf（86）___onaninterestingperson，aproblemwhichthepersonhad，andwhathappenedwhenthepersontriedtosolvetheproblem．Allsoci】

　　I really like reading and writing short stories．These stories are usually about 6to 20pages long which f（86）___ on an interesting person，a problem which the person had，and what happened when the person tried to solve the problem．All societies seem to have an oral storytelling tradition in which people met t（87）___ to tell each other short stories，and in which parents told their children stories at bedtime．This was certainly true in England，in India，in Kenya，in Mexico and in Japan．Was it true in China too？In many countries，oral storytelling is still important，but in most countries now，stories are written down and p（88）___ in books．My favorite collection of short stories is a book called The Story Giant by Brian Patten in which a giant knows all the stories in the world e（89）___ one．If he doesn't find the last story he'll die．In the book he gets four children from different parts of the world to tell him stories in the hope that he will find the last story so he can stay a（90）___ and pass the world's stories on forever．Do you think he finds the last story？

　　I also like reading novels．One of my favourite novels is called Life of Pi．It is written by a Canadian called Yann Martel，and is about an Indian boy who spends a long time at sea after a shipwreck （海难） a（91）___ with nobody but a tiger．What about you？Do you have a favourite novel？

　　Not many people read plays these days，but many people still enjoy watching them at the theatre or on television．Perhaps the l（92）___ popular form of literature （文学） is poetry．This is because many poems are very difficult to understand，and often seem to be written and read by very clever people．I wish I could write poems which anybody can understand．