Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings．The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 1 is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest．She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much．Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the 2 of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his 3 ．Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he 4 it．Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without 5 ．When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld．When Demeter 6 what happened to Persephone, she became so 7 that she caused all plants to 8 ．People were in 9 of starving．But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow 10 her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her． 11 , still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s 12 ．She could go back to her mother if she had not 13 anything while she was in the underworld．Demeter 14 it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴)seeds in the underworld．When Zeus 15 this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her 16 , but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld．And so it 17 that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore 18 not let the crops grow．
That is 19 we have winter when plants do not grow．When Persephone returns, Demeter is 20 , it is spring, and plants begin to grow again．
Like most July days, it was hot．I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to 1 with a chocolate ice-cream．It was a very 2 store with little round tables and chairs．
As I entered, I found a very old woman 3 over a table near the door．Her back was so 4 bent by some sadness that her face nearly 5 the table top．I sat down facing her a couple of 6 away．
“Poor woman, I thought．What does she 7 life?Why does God let people live so long past their youth?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her．Soon the two of them were 8 childhood days．They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years．In minutes, the two of them were shaking with 9 ．
I looked again at the first woman．Then in the 10 on a nearby wall, I caught a picture of myself．I was wearing a 11 shirt ;she was well dressed in white, the gold ring on her finger 12 ．I was 13 ; she was laughing．I was putting the 14 of my life together; she had millions of 15 memories to recall．I sat alone; she was 16 the day with a good friend．I was 17 worried about getting old; she was old, but it wasn't 18 her．
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their youth．Why, that woman was more 19 to life than I was．Age has not 20 her spirit．
Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings．The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 1 is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest．She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much．Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the 2 of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his 3 ．Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he 4 it．Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without 5 ．When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld．When Demeter 6 what happened to Persephone, she became so 7 that she caused all plants to 8 ．People were in 9 of starving, But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow 10 her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her． 11 , still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s 12 ．She could go back to her mother if she had not 13 anything while she was in the underworld．Demeter 14 it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴)seeds in the underworld．When Zeus 15 this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her 16 , but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld．And so it 17 that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore 18 not let the crops grow．That is 19 we have winter when plants do not grow．When Persephone returns, Demeter is 20 , it is spring, and plants begin to grow again．
Like most July days, it was hot．I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream．It was a very 1 store with little round tables and chairs．
As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a 2 near the door．Her back was so 3 twisted(扭曲)by some misfortune that her face nearly 4 the tabletop．I sat down 5 her a couple of tables away．
“Poor woman,”I thought．“What does she 6 life?Why does God let people live so long past their prime(盛年)?”
As I thought, another 7 lady entered the shop and sat down with her．Soon the two of them were 8 childhood days．They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years．In minutes, the two of them were shaking with 9 ．
I looked again at the first woman, then in the 10 on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself．I was 11 a dirty shirt．She was well dressed in white, her 12 carefully made up and her hands shining with gold rings．I was 13 ．She was laughing, smiling．I was putting the 14 of my life together．She had millions of 15 memories to recall．I sat alone．She was 16 the day with a good friend． 17 I was worried about getting old．She was old, but it wasn’t 18 her．As I left the shop, I 19 my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime．Why, that woman was more 20 , more sensitive to life than I was．Age has not bent her spirit．
Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings．The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of(1)________ is about Demeter,the godness of the harvest．She had a daughter,Persephone,whom she loved very much．Hades,god of the underworld,fell in love with Persephone,and he asked Zeus,the(2)________ of the gods,to give Persephone to him as his(3)________．Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter,so he said he would not agree to the mar riage,but neither would he(4)________ it．Hades,therefore,decided to take the girl without(5)________．When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden,he seized her and took her to the underworld．When Demeter(6)________ what happened to Persephone,she became so(7)________ that she caused all plants to(8)________．People were in(9)________of starving．But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow(10)________her daughter,Persephone,was returned to her．(11)________,still not wanting to disappoint Hades,decided upon a condition for Persephone's(12)________．She could go back to her mother if she had not(13)________ anything while she was in the underworld．Demeter(14)________it because she did not know that Perseph one had eaten several pomegranate（石榴）seeds in the underworld．When Zeus(15)________this,he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her(16)________,but he added that since she had eaten the seeds,she must spent part ot the year in the underworld．And so it(17)________that when Persephone is in the underworld,Demeter is sad and therefore(18)________not let the crops grow．That is(19)________we have winter when plants do not grow．When Persephone returns,Demeter is(20)________,it is spring,and plants begin to grow again．