There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died. The sad woman     1     to a clever man and asked for some     2    out of her sadness.

Instead of sending her away, the clever man said to her,"Fetch me a seed    3    a home that has never known sadness. We will use it to drive the sadness out of     4    life."The woman went off at once in search of that magical seed.

She came first to a beautiful house, knocked at the door, and said,“I am    5    for a home that has néver known sadness. Is,this such a place? It is very important to me.”

The couple told her,“You've certainly come to the wrong     6    ，”and began to describe all the sad things that had recently happened to them.

The woman said to herself,“Who can help these people who have suffered     7     sadness than I?”

She went on in search of a home that had never known sadness. But she    8    one sad story after another whether in the homes of the     9     or the rich. She became so busy helping other people that she forgot about the seed     10     would magically end her own sadness. She never even realized that her helping others had, in fact,driven the sadness out of her life.