阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式(最多限填3个单词)。
A woman
one day said something that deeply hurt her best friend. She felt sorry
immediately and would have done anything to take the words back. She went to an
older, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wise) woman in the village, explained her
situation, and asked {#blank#}2{#/blank#}help.
After
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(listen) to her, the older woman felt her
pain and knew that she could never help her get out of it, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}she could teach. She said, "Tonight,
take your best feather pillows(枕头) and put every
feather on the doorstep of each house in the town before the sun {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(rise)."
The
young woman hurried home {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(get) the pillows which were very dear to
her. All night long, she went from doorstep {#blank#}7{#/blank#}door step, putting down the
feathers carefully. Finally, just as the sun rose, she finished the work and
returned to the older woman.
"Now,
"said the wiser woman, "go back and collect all the feathers. Then
everything will be as it was before. "The young woman was {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(surprise). "You know that's impossible! The wind blew away each feather
as fast as I placed them on doorsteps!"
"That's
true," said the older woman. "Never forget each of your {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(word)
is like a feather in the wind. Once spoken, nobody can ever
help you return {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to your
mouth."