奇速英语

One day, a little girl asked her mother, “What does the word ‘great’ mean? Who are great people and ___1___ do they become great?”

The mother asked her daughter to bring two plants and then told her to plant one of them inside the house and ___2___ outside the house. The girl did as her mother said.

The mother asked her daughter, “Which one of the two plants do you think will be safer and bigger?” The girl replied, “The plant inside the house will be safer, so it will grow bigger, ___3___ the plant outside the house is not safe at all. No one will be there to ___4___ it. It may be eaten by animals.”

The mother smiled and said, “Let’s wait ___5___. We will know the answer.”

Then the girl left for study and after five years she came back to her house. She said to her mother, “Look! ___6___ happens to this plant inside the house and it is safe.”

When the girl went outside, she was very ___7___ to see such a big tree. The girl couldn’t believe her eyes. She couldn’t understand how the plant outside was able to grow a lot bigger than the plant inside the house.

“The plant outside the house faced four ___8___ and many difficulties.” The mother ___9___ to her daughter why the plant outside was bigger. “The plant inside was safe, but it didn’t face weather changes or get enough sunlight. So it didn’t become big.”

Here is the answer ___10___ the question about being great. To become a great person, one must have experienced many difficulties and overcome those difficulties. After that, he or she is able to become great.