There was a blacksmith who wasn't satisfied with his work. Once he complained, “

There was a blacksmith(铁匠) who wasn't satisfied withhis work. Once he complained, “I am not well and my work is too warm. I want tobe a ____1.____ on the mountain. There it must be _____2.____, for the windblows and the trees give a shade..” A wise man who had ___3.____ over allthings replied, “Go you, be a stone.” And he was a stone, high up on the ____4.____side. It happened that a stone-cutter ____5.____ that way for a stone and whenhe saw the one that had been the  ____6.____, he knew that it was what he____7._____ and he began to cut it. The stone ____8.____ out, “This hurts! I nolonger want to be a stone. A stone-cutter I want to be. That ____9.____ bepleasant.” The wise man, humoring him, said, “Be a cutter.” ____10.____ hebecame a stone-cutter and as he went seeking a suitable stone, he ____11.____tired and his feet were sore（酸痛）. He ____12.____,” I no longer want to cut stone. I would be thesun; that would be pleasant.” The wise man ___13.___, “Be the sun.” And he wasthe sun. But the sun was warmer than the blacksmith, than a stone, than astone-cutter, and he complained, “I do not ____14.___ this. I would be themoon. It ___15.____ cool.” The wise man spoke yet again, “Be the moon.” And hewas the moon. This is warmer than being the sun,” ____16.___ he, “for the lightfrom the sun ____17.____on me ever. I do not want to be the moon. I would be a___18.____ again. That, indeed, is the ___19.____ life.” But the wise manreplied, “I am ____20.___of your changing. You wanted to be the moon; the moonyou are and you will remain.”

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1.C2.D3.C4.B5.C   6.D7.C8.A9.A10.C  11.C12.A13.B14.A15.C 16.A17.B18.A19.B20.A

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