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．
It was the night of the full moon, a time which always drives Java' s young people mad with excitement．
Fireworks were lit long before the moon 1 ．The big noise brought people out 2 the warm night to enjoy the interesting scene．Everywhere, there were the paper remains of 3 fireworks lying on the ground．Little boys 4 more and covered their ears as they waited 5 for the explosions．
The moon appeared above the horizon(地平线)：huge, 6 ball high above the city, and the 7 filled with people, as Java began to enjoy one of the year' s greatest 8 ：' the Night of the Full Moon' , a festival(节日)that is especially popular 9 young people．
More and more young Javanese 10 together and walked slowly through the 11 Joking and chatting, they moved towards the mountain 12 the city．They continued to climb 13 they reached the old temple(寺庙)at the 14 of the mountain．
After they were 15 the temple, they drank their water and ate their moon-cakes--delicious home-made ones, 16 of dried fruit and nuts．Outside, on the mountain, young people 17 cross-legged in circles, chatting and telling each other jokes．And 18 , in their hundreds, more young people continued to make their way up the mountain to 19 the brightly shining moon．
By midnight, the fireworks had stopped shooting up from the 20 city in the valley below them．But during the night, the sound continued to be heard from the distance．
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．