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A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. 小題1:___water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 小題2:__ had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man 小題3: ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled 小題4: ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home 小題5: a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let 小題6: student taste the water. He spit it out, __小題7:___(say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like ____小題8:__ ?" The teacher replied, " You tasted the water. I tasted the girl. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be 小題9:__ (sweet). "
We understand this lesson best 小題10: we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.