I am Ian. I am 8 years old. I study at Xuefu Elementary School. I like reading books, especially military books. I hope I can be in the army and protect my country when I grow up.

My favorite vegetable is mushrooms. There are all kinds of mushrooms and they can be cooked in many different ways. They are very healthy too. My favorite fruits are tomatoes and pears. I eat fresh tomatoes as fruit. Tomatoes are so sweet and smooth. I like pear fruit and I also like drinking pear juice. They are tasty and yummy.

My favorite animals are octopuses and zebras. I often imagine that an octopus and a zebra are best friends, even though the octopus lives in the sea and the zebra lives on the land. The octopus eats meat and the zebra eats grass; the octopus likes deep water and the zebra likes the grassland. But they can still be good friends. Maybe they will meet someday and say “hi” to each other, just like my friends and me.

This is me, Ian. Will you be my friend?