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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr．Gibbs．When Dr．Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was 1 trees．His house sat on ten acres(英亩), and his life's goal was to make it a 2 ．
The good doctor had some interesting 3 concerning planting trees．He never 4 his new trees．Once I asked why．“Watering plants 5 them．"He said,"If you water them, each younger generation will grow 6 ．So you have to make things 7 for them．”
He talked about how watering trees 8 shallow roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow 9 roots in search of water．He'd planted an oak and, 10 watering it every morning, he'd 11 it with a rolled-up newspaper．I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's 12 ．
Dr．Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home．Every now and again, I returned and walked by his 13 and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty-five years ago．They're incredibly 14 now．
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my 15 ．I stand over them and pray for them． 16 I pray that their lives will be easy．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my 17 ．
I know my children are going to encounter hardship．Life is tough, whether we want it to be or not．Too many times we pray for 18 , but that's a prayer seldom met．What we need to do is pray for 19 that reach deep into the earth 20 they won't be swept apart when the rains fall and the winds blow．
Professor Green, known to the world as a scientist, is not only absent-minded but short-sighted as well．His mind is always busy 1 scientific problems and seldom notices what is going on 2 him．
One fine day recently, he went 3 a walk in the countryside, but as 4 he has a book in his hand．When he went out, he began to read his book．He hadn’t gone far 5 he run into a big cow and fell down．In the fall, he had lost his glasses, without which he couldn’t see anything．He thought he had hit his head 6 a fat lady．“I’m sorry, Madam．” He said politely 7 searching for his glasses．As soon as he had 8 , he realized his mistake．
Soon he was fixing his mind on his book 9 and paid no attention to anything else．He had scarcely been walking for five minutes when he fell over again, 10 both his book and his glasses．This time he got very angry, seizing his umbrella, he gave the “cow” a wild blow．Then, after finding his glasses, he realized with horror that he made a second mistake．A large fat woman was fleeing from him in a horror．
An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct．8, 2005．It took some 75000 lives, 1 130000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes． 2 overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed 3 the region, tended by international aid organizations, military 4 and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set in．
Mercifully, the season was mild．But with the 5 of spring, the refugees will be moved again．Camps that 6 health care, food and shelter for 150000 survivors have begun to close as they were 7 intended to be permanent．
For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings 8 emotions．The past six months have been difficult．Families of as many as 10 people have had to shelter 9 a single tent and share cook stoves and bathing 10 with neighbours．“They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers,”officials say．“They are dreaming of free fresh fruit．They want to get back to their herds and start 11 again．”But most will be returning to 12 but heaps of ruins．In many villages, electrical 13 have not been repaired, nor have roads．Aid workers 14 that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took away．And for the thousands of survivors, the 15 will never be complete．
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she would have to be a real princess．He travelled all over the world to find one, but 1 could he get what he wanted．There were enough princesses, but it was 2 to find out whether they were real ones．There was always something about them that was not as it 3 be．So he came home again and was sad, 4 he would have liked very much to have a real princess．
One evening a terrible storm 5 ; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents．Suddenly a knocking was 6 at the city gate, and the old king went to open it．It was a princess 7 out there in front of the gate．But, good gracious! what 8 the rain and the wind had 9 her look．The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels． 10 she said that she was a real princess．
“Well, we'll soon find that out．” 11 the old queen．But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and 12 a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses(床垫)and put 13 on the pea, and then twenty eiderdown beds(鸭绒被)on top of the 14 ．
On this the princess had to lie all night．In the morning she was asked 15 she had slept．
“Oh, very badly!”said she．“I have 16 closed my eyes all night．Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, 17 I am black and blue all over my body．It's horrible!”
Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had 18 the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds．
Nobody but a real princess could be as 19 as that．
So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess．And the pea was put in the museum, 20 it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it．
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, a doctor named Gibbs．When Dr．Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was 1 trees．His house sat on ten acres(英亩), and his life's goal was to make it a 2 ．
The good doctor had some interesting 3 concerning planting trees．He never 4 his new trees．Once I asked why．“Watering plants will 5 them．” He said, “If you water them, each younger generation will grow 6 ．So you have to make things 7 for them．”
He talked about how watering trees 8 shallow roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow 9 roots in search of water．He'd planted an oak and, 10 watering it every morning, he'd 11 it with a rolled-up newspaper．I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's 12 ．
Dr．Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home．Every now and again, I returned and walked by his 13 and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty-five years ago．They're incredibly 14 now．
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two 15 ．I stand over them and pray for them． 16 I pray that their lives will be easy．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my 17 ．
I know my children are going to encounter hardship．Life is tough, whether we want it to be or not．Too many times we pray for 18 , but that's a prayer seldom met．What we need to do is pray for 19 that reach deep into the earth 20 they won't be swept apart when the rains fall and the winds blow．