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Lucy complained to her father about her hard life.She wanted to 1 because she didn't know how to 2 her problems.She felt tired of fighting and fighting.Once one 3 had been solved, another came.
Her father, a cook, took her into the 4 .He poured water into three pans.After the water 5 , in the first pan he put some carrots, the second some eggs, and in the 6 some coffee.He waited without any 7 .
The girl closed her mouth and waited, 8 by what her father was doing.After about twenty minutes, her father 9 the stove and took out the carrots and the eggs.Then the coffee was 10 into a cup.
Turning back to his daughter, he asked,“what do you 11 ?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,”she answered.
Her father suggested she 12 the carrots.She did, and felt the carrots were 13 .Then he asked her to take the eggs and 14 them.After peeling(剥)them, she felt that the eggs were hard.Lastly, he asked her to smell the 15 .She asked impatiently,“What's the meaning of this, father?”He explained that 16 had felt the same misfortune to be put into the 17 water, but had reacted 18 .The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after a while in the boiling water.The easily 19 eggs became hard after being cooked.Coffee was very unique-it could change water.
“ 20 are you?”asked her father.“When the difficulty knocks your door, what is your reaction?Are you carrots, eggs, or coffee?”
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