Alice is a eight-year-old girl. She lives in a small village(村庄) of Nepal (尼泊尔). She gets up at six o'clock every morning. Then she cooks breakfast for her family. She goes to school at seven thirty, and gets there at eight o'clock. There she learns to(学习)read and write. Alice goes home at eleven o'clock. She helps her mother cook lunch. She gets water from the river three or four times (次) every day and looks after(照看) the cows. Alice says, "My days are very long, but I love school. I want to learn more. "