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　　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．

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　　Edie was nine years old, and she was tinier than other children of her age．One day, she ran home crying loudly, because she was 　　1　　 by the three new girls of her school．They picked her as the object of their 　　2　　 and threatened to beat her up．Edie's mother held her 　　3　　 and comforted(安慰)her．She 　　4　　 the next day that the girls had been troublemakers at several other schools and they were being given one more　　　5　　 at a new beginning．

　　Edie's 　　6　　 said ,“Be kind to your enemies, Edie．”She 　　7　　 said, “When the girls 　　8　　 to threatened you next time ,tell them you want to be their friend．”“Are you 　　9　　 enough to do that?”Edie's mother asked．The 　　10　　 girl answered, “Yes, Mom, I'll try．”

　　Every day, the girls pushed Edie and called her names and 　　11　　 to get in a poke(戳)or two．Each time, Edie looked up at them and said, “ I'd really like to be your 　　12　　．”But it seemed that this wasn't working．

　　Then one day the following week, Edie ran home as 　　13　　 as she could , shouting ,“Mom, guess what happened today!Just like I 　　14　　 did, I said I'd really like to be their friend, and one of the 　　15　　 said ,‘Okay, Edie, we 　　16　　 and we'll be your friends'”A short time later, Edie sat at a table with them and 　　17　　 their tutor(私人教师)．

　　Towards the end of the school year, 　　18　　 Edie's parents went to school for a parent-teacher conference, the teacher told 　　19　　 ,“Because of Edie's kindness, those girls have completed 　　20　　 and are model students in the class．”