Molly lived in a small town by the sea.Shewas the only girl on her street.And the otherchildren were all boys.She could play with no-body after school and always felt lonely. When she was nine years old,another girlJoan came to live in the house opposite(与……对面的)hers.On the first day Joan and her fami-ly moved there,she visited them and knew Joancame from New York and they were both thesame age.Joan went to the same school as Mollyand was in Class One,Grade Two,too.Soon shemade friends witn her and they helped each oth-er.Joan had two brothers.The four children of- Molly lived in a small town by the sea.Shewas the only girl on her street.And the otherchildren were all boys.She could play with no-body after school and always felt lonely. When she was nine years old,another girlJoan came to Live in the house opposite (对。 opposite)hers.On the first day Joan and her fami-ly moved there,she visited them and knew Joancame from New York and they were both the same age.Joan went to the same school as Mollyand was in Class One,Grade Two,too.Soon shemade friends witn her and they helped each oth-er.Joan had two brothers.The four children of-