Man, this kid Kong Rong (孔融 [pinyin]kong3 rong2[/pinyin]). What a cutie. What a humble little guy. This is a kid that knows all about r-e-s-p-e-c-t. He knows that you gotta save all the best pears for the older kids. No one told him, he just knew. He probably also learned to tie his shoes before everyone else, and got nothing but gold stars on his homework, and started chewing with his mouth closed while he was still breastfeeding.

... Wait, you know what, actually? I take it all back. I'm not into it. Those Kong Rong kids made the rest of us look bad. Get a life, Kong Rong. Grab the big pear for yourself next time. Live a little. 

So, Kong Rong isn't just a random made-up name - Kong Rong (153-208AD) was actually a famous poet, and it's pretty common to see fictional stories about legendary people in ancient history, stories that illuminate their character, along the lines of "George Washington and the Cherry Tree". And that, my friends, is what this is. 

Now, grammar: 

<h3>When... 的时候</h3>
<strong>When</strong> we talk about things that happened in the past or might happen in the future, we typically start our sentence with "when". 

"When I was ten years old, I got my first dog."
"When I go to the store, do you want me to get you something?"

In Chinese, the "when" is placed after the time, using 的时候 [pinyin]de5 shi2 hou4[/pinyin]. The same sentences, following a Chinese pattern, would be sound like this:

"I was ten years old when, ...."
我十岁<strong>的时候</strong>，

"I go to the store when, ...?"
我去商店<strong>的时候</strong>,

Make sense?

<h3>So much togetherness 一块儿</h3>
Depending on how long you've been studying, you may or may not have run across the word 一起 [pinyin]yi1 qi3[/pinyin], which means "together", as in "We ate dinner together." (我们<strong>一起</strong>吃了晚饭).  一块儿 [pinyin]yi1 kuai4 er5[/pinyin] actually has two meanings. The first meaning is "a block (of something)", so like "A block of cheese" or "A . But its second definition is very similar to 一起: in this case it also means "together" or more precisely "<strong>as a block</strong>". 

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<h3>Chinese text:</h3>
1) 太阳花是一种很美丽的小花，细细的小花瓣，粉红粉红的，鲜艳极了。叶子呢，也是细细的，嫩(nèn)嫩的，像含着一包绿汁(zhī)。

2) 早上，太阳一升起，太阳花就兴冲冲地开放了。傍晚，太阳一下山，太阳花就慢慢合拢(lǒnɡ)花瓣睡觉了。

3) 太阳花的颜色可多了！有粉红的，有黄黄的、蓝蓝的，还有紫紫的。

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1) Once, there was a child named Kong Rong. When he was 4 years old, one day he and his brother were eating pears. On the plate were big pears, and small pears, and Kong Rong grabbed a small pear. 

2) His father saw this and asked him, "Why didn't you take a big pear?" 

3) Kong Rong said: "I'm the little brother, I should eat the small one." 
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