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A
group of boys gathered around a tree. "{#blank#}1{#/blank#} a
tall tree!" they said to each other. The group of boys decided to play a
game to see who could climb to the top of the tree first. The mothers were
sitting not far away and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(look)at
the children as they played. One of the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(climber)was an 8-year-old boy named
David. He was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(short)child
in the group. Nobody thought he would win the competition.
Then
the game started. All of the boys tried {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(they)best to climb as high as they could.
{#blank#}6{#/blank#}they
all made it halfway up the tree before David did, he reached the top of the
tree fastest in the end.
His
mother was glad {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(see)this.
She asked him, "David, how did you manage to reach the top of the tree so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(quick)?"
"It
was easy, "David said." The other children {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(keep)looking down as they climbed. When
they realized how high they were, they got scared and were afraid of falling
down. However, I looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I went on going
higher and higher until I reached the top."
It is
true in life that if we just keep going forward {#blank#}10{#/blank#}looking back, we are more likely to reach
our goals.