1 . A boy was sent to the wisest man,   who lived on a beautiful castle high on the mountain, to learn the secret of happiness.

On entering the hall of the castle, the boy saw the wise man talking with everyone there, and the boy had to _________ for two hours before it was his turn to get his attention. Later, the wise man listened _________ and then suggested that the boy look around the palace and return in two hours to get the _________ . Meanwhile, the wise man handed the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of _________. As you wander around, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to _________”

The boy began climbing and walking down many of the stairways of the palace, keeping his eyes _________ on the spoon. After two hours, he returned to the _________ where the wise man was. “Did you see the Persian tapestries (壁毯) that are hanging in my dining hall? Did you see the garden that took the master gardener ten years to create? ” _________ the wise man. The boy was _________. He had observed nothing. His only __________ had been not to spill the oil. “Then go back and observe the wonders of my world, ’’ smiled the wise man.

__________, the boy picked up the spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace. He saw all of the works of art on the ceilings and the __________, the gardens, and the mountains all around him. Upon returning to the wise man, he told __________ everything he had seen. “But where are the drops of oil?” asked the wise man. Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that the oil was __________. The wise man said, “The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world and never to __________ the drops of oil on the spoon. ‘‘