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 never had a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (机会) to go to school. She could not read or write. At the age of 20, she married to a farmer. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (然而, 但是), they could not have children. One day, she came up with an idea of planting trees and looking after them just like raising her own children. She {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (希望) to live in peace with me {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (大自然) and then started her lifetime's work.

    At the beginning, the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (形势，情况) is difficult. They had to carry water from a place far away to water the small trees they planted. And they had to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (保护) the small trees from bad weather and animals until they grew well. They worked day and night to grow as many trees as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (可能的).

    Unluckily, her husband died in l990, but Thimmakka continued her work. Thanks to her, the 384 banyan trees have grown into a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (森林). Now she is no longer alone, because the trees are just like her babies.