1、Little Hero:Yu LaiA small village:Lu HuaYu Lai is a 12 years old boy in a small village named Lu Hua which is located in north China.Good at swimmingLike most of his friends,Yu Lai is a swimming lover.He is so good at swimming that he almost can get everyones praise and admire.As you can see in the
2、picture,he often plays with his friends in the water.Go to night schoolLater on,Yu Lai goes to the night school.During the classes,his teacher teaches him the following common words,“I am a Chinese,I love my motherland.”One day In the autumn,the Japanese invaders begin to conduct the mop-up operatio
3、ns(sweeping attack)once more.One day,when Yu Lai is reading his book on the bed,he hears someone running on the road.while he plans to go out and see what happened,someone rushes into his room.It is Uncle Li,an anti-Japanese soldier in his village.Its obvious that the Japanese are chasing for Uncle
4、Li.At that dangerous time,Yu Lai promptly helps Uncle Li conceal himself into the tunnel.Help Uncle LiThe Japanese come in Then he pretends to continue reading his book in the room.Short while,the Japanese and the translator come in.The translator gives him some sweets and asks whether he had seen s
5、omeone rush into.Yu Lai replies no.The Japanese get angry at once,then they hit Yu Lai roughly on his face and beat him badly.In that case,our brave little hero hasnt revealed any word about Uncle Lis location.They beat him badlyThey plan to shoot himThe Japanese are so outraged by Yu Lais reaction
6、that they plan to execute him by shooting beside the river.After a few gun shorts,the invaders leave away.The fellow villagers and friends come to the river with tears.They think Yu Lai was killed by the invaders.At that timeAt that time,a little head breaks the surface of water and asks whether the
7、 Japanese had gone.All the people gladly scream,“Yu Lai hasnt died!”So that is how it is So that how it is.When the Japanese carried him beside the river,Yu Lai took advantage of a favourable situation.He jumped into the water and swam to the far distance from the bottom of the river.The invaders shot at the water at once,but our little hero has already swum far away.