故事(1)A Cheap Ride【廉價的便車】
　　兩個男孩不花錢搭便車，沒料到警察把他們和司機當成偷車共犯……。

故事(2)In The Picture【上了電視】
　　湯姆騙過所有同事，跑出去看棒球賽。老板知道了實情，把他開除。大夥是如何發現的？

　　The Crane Reading Series is an exciting collection of books at four difficulty levels, from Elementary to Advanced. The books in this series have the following special features:

*Entertaining stories
*Controlled vocabulary to allow students to practice reading texts at a comfortable level
*Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises to help students develop reading fluency and strategic reading skills
*Summary completion exercises to help students develop writing skills
*An answer key in each book
*An audio recording of the reading passages in each book