Long ago, there was a queen who lived in a palace. She felt bored and said to her advisor (顾问)"All the things around me are too boring. I need a different kind of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (beautiful). Let everyone know that I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hold) a competition for the most beautiful thing in the world. And the prize will be this crown (王冠).

    Several days {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (late), lots of people came to the competition and showed

their things. The queen was not satisfied (满意)with what she saw. The advisor suggested, "What you {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(look) for cannot be brought for you. You must look for it by {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(you). What about a journey?"

    The queen was{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (interesting) in the idea, so she started immediately. As she was on top of the hill near her palace, she looked down and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sudden) something cried in her heart. "Why have I never found my palace so beautiful?"

    The queen spent one year {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (travel). She saw beauty on the farm, in the

forest and even in the stars twinkling (闪烁)at night on her journey. But what was the most beautiful thing? She thought it over. All of sudden, she understood beauty was everywhere. She {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (learn) to enjoy the world. She left the pieces of her crown at different places that she had seen. As time went by, the queen's crown got smaller and smaller until nothing {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (leave).

    She found the most beautiful thing at last. It was the world!

    I recently heard a story about a famous scientist. Because of his great achievements, he was thought to be more creative than the common person. When he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(ask)why he was able to do this, he gave the answer. It all came from an experience with his mother when he was about three years old." I {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(try)to get a bottle of milk from the fridge when I dropped the bottle and it fell. spilling(滋出)the milk all over the floor-a sea of milk！I was frightened and I didn't know what to do!" he said.

    His mother heard the noise and got into the kitchen. "I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(consider)how to explain all this to you. Mum." he said. Instead of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}him, she said. "Robert, what a great mess you have made! I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(not see)such a huge sea of milk before! Well, since the milk has already been spilled, would you like {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(play)in the milk for a while? We {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(clean)it up after that." Then, he did so. After a few minutes. His mother said. "You know. Robert. whenever you {#blank#}8{#/blank#}a mess like this, finally you have to clean it up." He used a sponge(海绵)and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

    His mother then said. "You know, we {#blank#}9{#/blank#}how to successfully carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands just now. Let's go to the yard and fill the bottle with water to see if you {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(discover)a way to carry it." Then the little boy learned that if he grasped (抓紧)the bottle at the top with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

    What a wonderful lesson!