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　　Last fall I put a bird feeder outside my window．I thought as soon as I hung up, a great 　　1　　 beautiful birds would come．Days, weeks and months went by; 　　2　　 , no birds．

　　I asked many people, why? What was I doing 　　3　　 ? “Nothing, ” most of them replied．“Just 　　4　　．” So I waited, waited and waited．

　　I 　　5　　 off the deck(露台), I changed the feed, I 　　6　　 the feeders, and I 　　7　　 made the cat go out the other door! But 　　8　　 seemed to work．So-I waited, “with patience and hope．”

　　Two months later, early in the morning, I was 　　9　　．A beautiful bird had been on the bird feeder．All of a sudden, I saw hundreds upon hundreds of birds 　　10　　 from everywhere．

　　　　11　　 a beautiful lesson this living thing taught me! “Patience and hope” will 　　12　　 the most beautiful things in life．

　　So I keep hoping and waiting, waiting and 　　13　　．I will try to use this “little lesson” in 　　14　　 many other things in my life．I guess, “ 　　15　　 is a virtue(美德)” after all．

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　　One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town．Suddenly the bag fell from his horse onto the road．He did not know what to do about it 　　1　　 it was too heavy for him to lift by himself．He only hoped that 　　2　　 would soon passed by and gave him a hand．

　　Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him．But the farmer’s heart sank when he saw 　　3　　 he was．It was the great man living nearby．The farmer had hoped to ask another poor farmer 　　4　　 him to come along and help him．He couldn’t ask such a great man to help him．But to his surprise, the great man 　　5　　 his horse as soon as he came nearer．He said to the farmer, “I see you need help, friend．How good it is that I’m here at the right time．” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer the other, they together 　　6　　 it and put it on the horse．

　　“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”

　　“It’s quite easy,” the great man replied with a smile．“Wherever you see anyone else 　　7　　, do the same for him．”

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