A boy found an eagle's(鹰) egg and he put it in the nest(巢) of a chicken. Soon the egg broke open and the eagle {#blank#}1{#/blank#} out. He thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what chickens do— looking for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the dirt and flying short distances(距离) with a noisy waving of wings. It was a hard life. Little by little the eagle grew {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. One day he and his chicken friends {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a beautiful bird flying in the air, high {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the mountains.

    "Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken {#blank#}6{#/blank#} "Don't give it another thought. That's the great eagle, the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of all birds—you can never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it {#blank#}8{#/blank#} thought. He went on cackling(咯咯) and complaining about {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Finally, he died thinking he was a chicken.

    My friends, you are born an eagle, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. The God expects you to be an eagle, so don't listen to the chickens.

    When I was waiting for a bus at a station. I saw a young man get into a telephone box near the station. After a short time, he came out and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}very sad. As he saw me, he came over".

    "Good afternoon, sir," he said. "When was Abraham Lincoln born, do you know?"

    I felt a little{#blank#}2{#/blank#}at his words. "Something may be wrong with him," I thought. Then he asked{#blank#}3{#/blank#}and I could see that he was not joking. So I thought for a minute and{#blank#}4{#/blank#}him that Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.

    The young man walked into the telephone box again. A few minutes later, he came out{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. He thanked me and told me that he wanted to make a telephone call to his friend but he{#blank#}6{#/blank#}his telephone number.

    "You{#blank#}7{#/blank#}me remember it," he said. "His telephone number is '180909', and you can remember it easily if you know when the great man was born."