3 . Once upon a time, a king went for hunting in the forest. While returning back, because of the dark he couldn’t find his way. At last he found a small ________. The king went and ________ the door. A poor farmer lived in the house. He ________ great care of the king.

Before leaving the next day, the king gave the farmer a nearby sandalwood (檀香木) forest as a gift. But ________, the farmer didn’t know the value of sandalwood. He started to make coal from the sandalwood and sell it in the ________ . At last, only a few sandalwood trees were left in the forest.

One day, it rained a lot, and the farmer couldn’t make coal from the ________ wood. So he cut down some branches (树枝) and took them to the market. The sandalwood ________ very good. Many customers came to buy it and they wanted to pay a lot for a small branch. The farmer didn’t ________ that. He asked one of his ________, “Why does everyone want to pay huge amount for this wood?”

The buyer ________ , “This is sandalwood. It has good smell and it’s very ________.”

When the farmer understood this, he started to cry and just at that moment an old man was passing by.

________ he knew everything, he said to the farmer, “All people in the world can make ________. But it’s better late than never. You still have some sandalwood trees left. You can use ________ wisely.”

The farmer ________ his mistake and then went back and sowed (播种) more sandalwood seeds in the forest. He would usehis sandalwood wisely from then on.

Many years ago, the Pandetti family lived in the mountains. Grandpa Pandetti traveled into the village to ______ his hand-made things. People in the village liked to buy his things.

While he was there, he looked for a special gift for his family. After a long ______, he found a lovely mirror in the market. ______ in his family had ever seen a mirror. Then Grandpa Pandetti bought the mirror and hurried home to his family.

It was late when Grandpa arrived home. He ______ the mirror on the wall and then fell fast asleep. Early in the morning, little Paul Pandetti woke up. As he walked into the room, he saw a young ______ looking back at him. “Papa, Papa, someone has broken into our ______.” Paul cried.

Papa hurried down ______ a gun in his hand. He looked at the mirror and saw a strong man in it. He walked to the man ______. He took out his gun on the table. Strangely, the man acted the ______ way. Papa was surprised and didn’t know ______ he actually should do next to solve the problem.

Mama Pandetti came into the room. She stopped ______ the mirror when she saw a young woman looking at her. Mama Pandetti smiled and waved at the woman. The woman smiled and waved back at Mama.

Papa watched her ______ and then stepped up to the mirror with a smile. The strong man showed up once again in the mirror, ______ this time he wore a smile on his face. From that day on, the Pandetti family smiled as they walked through the room. They were always greeted and ______ by a smile in return.

Smile and the world will smile along with ______. Remember to smile every day!

Friendship is one of the most precious things in the world. You can find hundreds of stories about it. But how do you get a good, lasting friendship? My father recently told me _______ stories about friendship.

One day, two good friends were walking in the _______. Suddenly, a big black bear appeared and made a scary sound. One of the friends ran away and climbed up the nearest tree. _______ friend lay down on the ground and did not move. He lay very still while the bear smelled him. He pretended(假装) to be _______. Soon, the bear grew tired and walked back into the woods. His friend came down from the tree and asked, “_______ did the bear say to you when he was sniffing your ear?” The boy replied, “He told me that I should _______ trust a friend who runs away at the first sign of danger.”

“The point is,” my father said, “choose your friends _______.” Then he told me another story.

One day, when two friends walked along, they had a(n) _______. One friend slapped(掌掴) the other. The boy then wrote this in the sand: My best friend slapped my face today. They continued _______ their way, arriving finally at a small lake. They went for a _______. However, the friend who had been slapped, got _______ in the water. The other friend saved him. The boy who was saved wrote this on a stone: My best friend saved my life today. His friend said, “When I hit you, you wrote your words in the _______. When I saved you, you wrote them on the stone. Why?” The boy explained, “When a friend hurts you, write it in sand so that the winds of forgiveness(宽恕) will _______ them away in time. But, when a friend _______ you, carve it in stone so that it will never _______.”

“The second point,” my father said, “is forgiveness and gratitude(感激).”

7 . A pair of angels decided to spend the night with a wealthy family. The family was ______ and refused to let the angles stay in the apartment’s guestroom. ______, the angels were given a small space in the cold ______. As they made their bed on the ______ floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and ______ it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came ______ at the house of a very poor but very kind farmer and his wife. After ______ the little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife were ______. Their only cow, ______ milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was angry and asked the older angel how he could have let this happen. “The ______ man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused(指责). “The second family had little but was willing to share ______, and you let the cow die.”

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement of the apartment, I noticed there was gold stored in the hole in the wall. ______ the owner was so crazy about greed and unwilling to share what he owns, I ______ the hole so he wouldn’t find it.”

“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of ______ came for his wife. I gave ______ the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.