The friendship between humans and dogs probably began 14, 000 years ago. Here is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} example of a dog's life in the human world today.

    Jessie is Nancy's pet dog. She is just {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a member of Nancy's family. Nancy looks after her very{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(care). Jessie can always find {#blank#}4{#/blank#} delicious in her bowl when she is hungry. Every day, Nancy {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(prepare) meat, chicken and different kinds of vegetables for her. Jessie also has yogurt and two {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(spoon) of honey after dinner. After that, they go out for a walk. Nancy's husband is a famous doctor and{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(they) only son is away in Beijing,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}she has enough time and money to look after Jessi, and she really enjoys {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (do) it. "I want to give her the healthiest and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(wonderful) life as long as possible!" she says.

    One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice asked me, "Are all people the same even {#blank#}1{#/blank#} they are different in color?" I thought for a minute and then I said, "I'll explain to you if we can make {#blank#}2{#/blank#}quick stop at the grocery store. I have something interesting to show you." At the grocery store, we {#blank#}3{#/blank#} some apples: red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Alice, "It's time to answer your question." I put one apple of each kind on the table. Then I looked at Alice, who had a strange look on her {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    People are like apples. They come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. Some of the apples may not even look like the others. As I was talking, Alice was examining each one {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Then, I took each of the apples and peeled {#blank#}6{#/blank#} with a knife, placing them back on the table, but in a different place. "Okay, Alice, tell me which is which." She said, "That's {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. They all look the same now." "Take a bite of each one and taste. See if that {#blank#}8{#/blank#}you decide which one is which." Smile came across her face, "People are just like apples! They are all different, but once you take {#blank#}9{#/blank#}the outside, they're pretty much the same on the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}."

    She totally got it. I didn't need to say or do anything else.

One day when Picasso was walking along a road, a woman passed by and saw him. She ran to Picasso for a painting as a gift. Picasso smiled and said {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(polite), "I'm sorry, Madam. I have nothing to paint. I am {#blank#}2{#/blank#}/ˈempti/ handed here. I may make you a painting some other time."

However, the woman didn't give up. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(keep) on, "Please, I am a big fan of you and I want to meet you for years." Hearing this, Picasso was moved and then took out a small {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of paper and a pen, and began to draw something. Within 10 seconds, Picasso finished {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(draw) and handed it to the woman, "Take this! It's a million-dollar painting."

But the woman thought Picasso was just playing a joke on her. How could it be {#blank#}6{#/blank#}/wɜːθ/ a million dollars just in 10 seconds? So she went to the market and was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(surprise) to learn that it was true.

When meeting Picasso again, she wished she could be his student. She said, "Please teach me so that I can do the same thing {#blank#}8{#/blank#} such a short time."

Picasso smiled and said, "Dear, the drawing I made was not in 10 seconds {#blank#}9{#/blank#} my thirty-year efforts towards the arts!" The woman was speechless.

We fix our eyes on others' {#blank#}10{#/blank#}/səkˈses/ more often than the hard work and patience behind it. If we want to reach it, we need experience and struggle(奋斗).