We would all love to learn what makes a strong team. And sometimes, the solution comes from a surprising place.

There was a man who worked as a volunteer in a poor village. He is interested in studying the habits and culture of people there. He found them respect each other and always enjoy themselves ________ they didn’t even have enough food or water to live on. The first time he got there, he was always followed by a group of hungry children who were so ________ that he worried they might be blown away by the wind. The day before he was to return home, he decided to play a game with them. He prepared a beautiful basket full of delicious fruit and placed it ________ a tree. After that, the children were called together and asked if they would like to play the game. They all ________ in agreement.

Then the man drew a line on the ground and said, “When I tell you to start, run to the foot of the tree to get the basket. ________ gets there first can have all the fruit.” The children all kept their eyes on the basket and ________ for the man’s order. When the man said “now”, all of the children began to take each other by the hand and then ran together to the tree. Finally, they managed to arrive ________ at the same time. They sat together around the basket and enjoyed their treat as a group. Though they only got a small part of the fruit, their feelings of satisfaction and pride were written all over their face.

The man was very ________. He found in disbelief that nobody tried to run to the basket alone. He asked why they would go together when one of them could have won all?

A young girl among them looked up at him and replied, “How can one of ________ enjoy all the delicious fruit while the others get nothing?”

We can learn a lot from the children who naturally chose to enjoy the fruit together. In fact, working hard as a ________ can make our life great. Only by doing this can we find our own value and sense of belonging in a community, just as the saying goes, “I am because we are.”