Once there was a little girl. She watered a banana tree every day.

    One day a voice (声音) came from the tree, "Will you play with me?" The girl was very scared and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to her mother. Her mother said, "Don't be afraid. That voice is of the banana tree goddess, Laxmi. She is happy {#blank#}2{#/blank#}you."

    The next day when the girl went to the tree. Laxmi played with her. Later, Laxmi said, "I live in this tree. Will you come to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}house for lunch?" The girl {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Then Laxmi took her to a beautiful palace and gave her delicious food.

     When the little girl {#blank#}5{#/blank#} her mother what had happened, the mother was very happy and said, "Invite Laxmi to our home tomorrow for lunch." The girl said, "But mother, we are so {#blank#}6{#/blank#}and our house is small. How can I invite her here?" Her mother said "Don't worry!{#blank#}7{#/blank#}is everything. I'm sure she'll enjoy herself." The next day the little girl brought Laxmi with her. As soon as Laxmi {#blank#}8{#/blank#}at their house turned into a big and beautiful one.

    The girl's mother asked Laxmi to live with them,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}Laxmi went back to the tree. The little girl kept {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the tree every day and Laxmi kept the girl's family happy and lucky.

    The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. It was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt. It is so {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  that millions of tourists from around the world come to visit it every year.

    In Egypt there are over 80 pyramids and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} one is the Great Pyramid. It {#blank#}4{#/blank#} on the west bank of the Nile. In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. That is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} their dead bodies were buried(埋葬) on the west bank of the Nile.

    You can {#blank#}6{#/blank#} imagine how huge the Great Pyramid is. It has over 2 million blocks. Some are as heavy as five school buses. Although they were heavy, workers were {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to put a block into the pyramid every three minutes.

    The workers, Egyptian men and women, worked in teams. The teams had different {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Some dug up the stones. Others moved them. Another team cut the stones. The last group put the stones into the pyramid. There were so many different teams, but the pyramid is perfect. No stone is in the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} position.

    But how did the Egyptians move those heavy stones to the top {#blank#}10{#/blank#} any modern machinery (机械) ? No one knows for sure. Many things about the Great Pyramid are still a mystery.