Do you believe that a woman can have 384 babies? Saalumarada Thimmakka is such a great woman.

    Saalumarada Thimmakka is an Indian woman who is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（著名的）for her work in planting and taking care of 384 banyan trees in the countryside. She is great not because she is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（已经）over 100 years old but because she has planted so many trees.

    When she was young, she had no money to go to school. She could not read or write. At the age of 20, she married to a farmer. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（但是）, they couldn't have children. One day she thought up an idea of planting trees and looking after them just like her {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（自己的）children. She {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（希望）to live in peace with the nature and then started her lifetime's work.

    At the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（开始）, it's difficult for them to plant trees. First, they had no {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（经验） in planting trees. Also, they had to carry water from a place far away to water the small trees and they had to keep small trees from bad weather and animals {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（直到）they grew well. They worked day and night to grow as many trees as {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（可能）.

    Unluckily, her husband {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（死）in 1990, but Saalumarada Thimmakka continued her work. Because of her, the 384 banyan trees have grown into a forest. Now she is no longer alone because the trees are just like her babies.