1． My mother likes dancing very much． She would practice dancing at home for nearly an hour every night, but she doesn＇t dance very well and she doesn＇t have much confidence． One night she asked me, “What do you think of my dance?” As her daughter I had to tell a kindhearted white lie, “Very cool! Like a dancing queen．”
 武汉市青山区冶金108街102门17号 刘 敏 (430080)

2． One morning my mother said she was an expert at cooking noodles, so I asked her to prepare a bowl as my breakfast． It looked delicious, but when I tasted it—oh, mother must be too careless to put salt． “What do you think of it? Isn＇t wonderful? ” Mother asked me cheerfully． “Yeah, yeah, it is． I＇ve never enjoyed anything better than this．” I said with a bitter smile．
 湖北省武汉理工大学附属中学高二（1）班 吴崇理 (430070)
 

3．  My  father  telephoned me from his factory saying that he got slightly injured because of his colleague＇s carelessness, and that he would stay in the factory for the night until everything was OK． I knew he just wanted to play cards to have a good time, but I lied to my mother that father was too busy to go home, lest she quarrel with him． Next day I warned father that there would be no such lie next time． And he agreed． A white lie does good to us, sometimes．
 湖北省武汉市青山区35－66－7 孙 榕 (430080)

4．  Once  I  did  so  terribly in the examination that I didn＇t know how to explain it to my parents． As an honest boy, I decided to tell the truth． When I got home, however, I saw my mother sick in bed, because of hard work, as father told me． To make things worse, she asked me about the exam—since I could not bear seeing her lying in bed with more anxiety, I told a lie that it was not so bad． It was a lie indeed, but a lie of encouragement to me and comfort to my dear mother．
 河南省遂平县第一中学99级（7）班 刘 江 (463100)

5．  I love a girl, but she doesn＇t know it at all． Then last Sunday, as an excuse, I borrowed a reference book from her and returned it with a piece of paper full of words from pop songs like “Wherever you go, whatever you do, I＇ll be right there waiting for you．” But she asked me to explain these words! I thought hard, telling a sad, white lie: “I＇m sorry． This is what I＇ve written down when listening to the music．”
                    湖北省浠水闻一多中学高二（9）班 吴 飞 (438207)

6． There  is  a little house near our school where an old lady lives a hard life and has suffered an unhappy marriage． Then one day, she lost 20 yuan! I put my money in a secret place and helped her find it as her lost treasure． It was a white lie, but a happy one, wasn＇t it?
            湛江市椹川大道南22号公路局直属分局4幢301 郑 羽 (524018)
 

7． One day I suddenly I caught sight of my best friend crying under a tree． I knew everybody passed the math test, except her． With much sympathy, I had a white lie: “Don＇t worry． I failed too．” She looked surprised, as I＇m always No． 1 in math． She stopped crying to comfort me!
                  广东省饶平师范学校99届英语班 杨敏真 女 (515700)
 

8． My family is poor, so I have much difficulty affording my education． However, I did very poor in the middle term． I dare not tell my parents the truth, just to keep them from disappointment． I lied to them that the teacher didn＇t announce the exam scores． They believed me． I felt ashamed, but determined to work harder．
           河南省淮滨高中二（4）班 郑 辉 (464400)