WhenI'mfreeorintrouble,Ialwaystakeoutabookandreadquietly.Innotime,I'veputmyheartintoitsothatI'llforgetallthetroubles.It'sinthiswaythatI'veformedthehabitofreadinginanytime.

　　LittleboysasIwas,Iwasinterestinpicturebooksandstorybooks.Iwasstruckbythem.NosoonerhadIenteredthemiddleschoolthanIbegantoreadnovel,plays,essaysandsoon.IfoundIcouldgetmuchfromthem.LittlebylittleItookgreatinterestinliteratureandlasttermIwonthefirstprizeinthecompositioncontestamongmiddle-schoolstudentsinZheJiang.

　　Reading“TheEmperor'sNewClothes”,Ihadtoletoutaburstoflaughteroverhisfool.“TheLittleMatchGirl”couldn'tkeepmefromcryingforhermisery.“RobinsonCrusoe”tookmeintoastrangeworldfullofdanger.AndIwasalsodeeplyimpressedbyHelenKeller'spatienceandperseverance…Besidesthese,booksalsotellmeotherthing-howtobeamanandhowtotellthedifferencebetweenrightandwrong.Inaword,goodbookscanmakemeknowwhatIdidn'tbefore.SoIthinkofagoodbookasmybestfriend.

　　I'llneverforgetthisfamoussaying,“Goodbooksarebestfriendswhoneverturntheirbacksuponus.”