A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her yard．She said, “I don't think I 　　1　　 you, but you must be hungry．Please 　　2　　 and have something to eat．”

　　“Is the man of the house home?” they asked．“No,” she 　　3　　 , “He is out．” “Then we can't come in,” they replied．In the evening when her 　　4　　 came home, she told him what had happened．“Do 　　5　　 them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in．“We do not go into a house 　　6　　 ,” they replied．“Why?” she asked．

　　One of the old man explained, “His name is Wealth,” he said 　　7　　 one of his friends, “and he is Success, and I am Love．” Then he added, “Now go in and 　　8　　 your husband which one of us you want in your home．”

　　The woman went in and told her husband what was said．Her husband was 　　9　　．“How nice!” he said．“Since that is the 　　10　　 , let us invite Wealth．Let him come and fill our home with wealth!” His wife 　　11　　 , “My dear, why don't we invite Success?” Their daughter was listening from the other corner of the house．She jumped in with her own 　　12　　 , “Wouldn't it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love．” “Let us 　　13　　 our daughter's advice,” said the husband to his wife．“Go out and invite 　　14　　 to be our guest．” The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our 　　15　　．”

　　Love got up and started walking toward the house．The other two also got up and 　　16　　 him．　　17　　, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love．Why are you coming in?”

　　The old men replied together, “If you 　　18　　 Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out．But 　　19　　 you invited Love, wherever he goes, we would go with him．　　20　　 there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

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　　I contributed one of, what I believed to be, my best stories titled Symbol of Success to my school paper．One month later, I sat in the classroom 　　1　　 waiting for the school paper to be passed around, knowing that 　　2　　 I received it, I would know how good a writer I really was．

　　Before, Professor Cullen had read my story and confirmed that she would include a(n) 　　3　　 of my story in the school paper．Professor Cullen was known for he 　　4　　 and strictness．Though 　　5　　 her was very hard, I still wanted to do so．

　　When the paper arrived at my classroom, I 　　6　　 knocked down five of my classmates to get the first paper．Then I returned to my seat, 　　7　　 for what was about to tell the truth behind my 　　8　　．I read through many stories’ reviews, and there wasn't a story getting more than three stars．When I 　　9　　 saw the title of my story on the last page, I 　　10　　．I believed there was no way that my story would be any better than the other stories in the paper．

　　It was long after that I heard someone yell out “Five stars! ” from behind me．I 　　11　　 and saw the shocked 　　12　　 of a classmate．“Your story got five stars! ”

　　I quickly turned my 　　13　　 back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review．The 　　14　　 of the five stars kept my eyes wide open．I was 　　15　　．“Could it be true? ” I thought to myself．When I saw Professor Cullen's review that I was blessed with a capacity for story writing, I felt 　　16　　．

　　For so long I believed that I wasn't as 　　17　　 as I thought, and my talents were a mere fa?ade(假象)I made to cover up my lack of 　　18　　．However, this review 　　19　　 that I was truly good at writing and that there was a future ahead for me in the field of writing．The five stars became the 　　20　　 of my success．

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