When things went wrong，Freddy always had something nice to say．

When Dad forgot about the pizza and it burned，Freddy said，"Don't worry．It'll still taste good．"And he was（16）　　．The pizza edges were dark，but the middle wasn't half bad．

When his teacher，Mr. Hall，knocked into a bookshelf in the （17）　　，Freddy said，"Don't worry．Mrs. Bog won't upset．"The librarian just laughed and helped（18）　　the books．

Freddy looked on the bright side．And everyone liked that about （19）　　．

Everyone，that is，except Hazel．

Hazel was the（20 ）　　 kid in class．On her first day，Freddy said，"Nice to meet you，Hazel．I think you'll like it before．"

"I（21 ）　　 it，"she talked back．Freddy had never met anyone like her．

When Mr. Hall said they'd have a break inside （22）　　 it was raining，Freddy said，"Every cloud has a silver lining．"

"A silver lining？"Hazel shook her head．"Bad things come in（23）　　．"

Greta was carrying paints in（24）　　 class．She fell over，and paints went flying．

"That was the second bad thing．What will the third thing be？"Hazel seemed so（25）　　about the Rule of Three Bad Things．

"It's beautiful!" Emma picked up Freddy's pointed，not realizing she had paint on her fingers．

"Freddy's picture is（26）　　！"Hazel pointed，"There's number three．"

Emma looked sad．"I'm sorry，Freddy．"

"It's OK…If you add（27）　　，the fingerprints could look like butterflies（蝴蝶），"said Freddy．

（28）　　refused to put a finger on Freddy's paper．Only Hazel did．

"Want to add one？"Freddy asked．

Hazel thought about it，then nodded．She put her finger into paint，gently（温柔地） pressed it onto Freddy's painting and（29）　　added wings．

"It looks great．"said Freddy．

Hazel（30）　　．"You know，I don't really there's a Rule of Three Bad Things．"

Sometimes，there are good things hiding where you don't expect them．

16．A．clever	B．right	C．active	D．famous
17．A．shop	B．gym	C．library	D．museum
18．A．pick up	B．look after	C．go through	D．throw away
19．A．me	B．her	C．you	D．him
20．A．lucky	B．new	C．excellent	D．smart
21．A．expect	B．believe	C．doubt	D．understand
22．A．although	B．unless	C．until	D．because
23．A．twos	B．threes	C．fours	D．fives
24．A．science	B．music	C．art	D．history
25．A．happy	B．worried	C．sorry	D．sure
26．A．in a mess	B．on show	C．in fashion	D．on sale
27．A．wings	B．eyes	C．legs	D．bodies
28．A．Everybody	B．Somebody	C．Anybody	D．Nobody
29．A．angrily	B．quickly	C．carefully	D．secretly
30．A．smiled	B．promised	C．warned	D．shouted．