Once upon a time there was a beautiful bird. She had a brother. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of them lived happily in the forest.

    One day, a hunter (猎人) came to the forest and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the two birds. He went to the palace and said to the king (国王), "Dear king, I caught this {#blank#}3{#/blank#}of birds in the forest" The king was happy. All the people in the palace were friendly to {#blank#}4{#/blank#}They became popular. The elder bird said to her brother, "We have fun here." Her brother answered, "It's our luck."

    But one day, the hunter brought a monkey {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Kala to the palace. The king and the other people were happy to see Kala. After Kala arrived, people {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the birds. They sometimes did not even get food for the birds. The birds knew why. The elder bird said to her brother, "Have patience (耐心) {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the bad days are over."

    One day, while the king's son was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Kala' s show, he got frightened (惊吓的) and cried. Hearing his cry, all the people ran there and took {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Kala. The next day, they {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the monkey to the forest.

    The bad days of the birds were over.

    Once there was a very rich man. He had a lot of money, but he wasn't happy at all. He didn't know the purpose (目标) of his life. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(连词) the rich man asked a clever old man for help.

    The old man {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (take) him to a window and asked him, " What can you see {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (介词) the glass (玻璃)?"

    The man said, "I can see people coming and going along the street And there is a poor man {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (ask) for food."

    Then the old man took him to a large mirror (镜子) and said, "Now look in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(冠词) mirror and tell me what you see."

After {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (look) at the mirror for some time, the man said, "I can only see myself."

    The old man looked at the rich man {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (smile) and said, "Did you find that both the glass of the window and the mirror are made of the same thing? The only difference (差别) {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) that there is a silver coating (银色涂层) on the mirror. So all you can See is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you) in the mirror. It is the same with people. You will be able to see the others when you take away that silver coating. It covers (遮住) your {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (eye). When you can see the others and feel compassion (同情) and 10ve for them, you'll find the purpose of your life and feel happy."

    Can you climb trees? Maybe your parents ever told you, "Don't climb trees. It's {#blank#}1{#/blank#}." But Xiamen University is going to have a new class: Tree-climbing.

    Zhu Chongshi, the president of Xiamen University, once visited Cornell University in New York, and he was surprised {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the course there. In Tree-climbing class, the teachers do not just let the students {#blank#}3{#/blank#} only with their hands. They teach the safety skills like {#blank#}4{#/blank#} used in rock-climbing. Students wear special caps and clothes to protect {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. And they use ropes so that they cannot {#blank#}6{#/blank#} or get hurt. The class is very useful. Students are {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to learn the skills, like swimming. In a time of disasters such as floods, earthquakes, etc., such knowledge may make a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} between life and death.

    No classroom subject could ever give them these skills. Students should find and develop their own inborn (与生俱来的) skills and talents. A teacher should no longer see the child as an {#blank#}9{#/blank#} cup and only pour knowledge into it. I hope climbing trees will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} up the potential (潜力) in many students.