A Happy Girl

Mai-Lan is from Vietnam . She lives in Chicago . Every day she eats fish and chickens. She likes rice and vegetables. And she loves salads. Her favorite fruits are apples and oranges. And she likes ice cream-chocolate ice cream!

Mai-Lan likes to ride her bike. She loves to swim and go to the beach in the summer. On the playground, she jumps rope and plays games. Mai-Lan gets a lot of exercise. She's a healthy girl.

Usually Mai-Lan eats healthy foods, but yesterday she didn't. She ate a lot of candy. Usually she drinks milk and juice, but yesterday she didn't. She drank pop. Usually her bedtime is 9:00P.M., but yesterday she didn't go to bed at 9:00. She stayed up past midnight!

Mai-Lan doesn't stay up late all the time. She did one time in the past year. Yesterday was the New Year celebration, Mai-Lan wanted to celebrate the New Year. She wanted to shout” Happy New Year!” with her family at midnight. And she did.