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　　When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr．Gibbs．He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known．He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person．

　　When Dr．Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees．He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest．

　　The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees．He never watered his new trees．Once I asked why．He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on．

　　He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(淺的)roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves．Deep roots were very important．

　　So he never watered his trees．He'd planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper．I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention．

　　Dr．Gibbs died several years after I left home．Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago．They're very big and strong now．I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer．After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot．

　　Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons．Mostly I pray(祈禱)that their lives will be easy．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer．I know my children are going to face difficulties．There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down．

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　　When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr．Gibbs．He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known．He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person．

　　When Dr．Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees．He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest．

　　The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees．He never watered his new trees．Once I asked why．He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on．

　　He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(淺的)roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves．Deep roots were very important．

　　So he never watered his trees．He'd planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper．I ask him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention．

　　Dr．Gibbs died several years after I left home．Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago．They're very big and strong now．

　　I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer．After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot．

　　Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons．Mostly I pray(祈禱)that their lives will be easy．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer．I know my children are going to face difficulties．There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down．

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　　Once, a circle lost a piece of its own．The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its 　　1　　 piece．But because it was not complete, it could only roll(滾)very slowly．It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine 　　2　　 the way．It talked with worms．It found lots of different pieces, but 　　3　　 of them fit．So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on 　　4　　 for the lost piece．Then one day the circle found a piece that fit 　　5　　．The circle put the piece into 　　6　　．It could be whole with nothing lost．It was so happy and began to roll．As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms．It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly．It felt so sad 　　7　　 it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly．

　　Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something．A man who 　　8　　 everything is poor in some ways．He will never have hopes, dreams or something 　　9　　．He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had．

　　We couldn't be perfect．But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share 　　10　　 with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life．

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