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A long time ago, Roman(罗马)soldiers came to make war to Scotland(苏格兰)．The Scots(苏格兰人) 1 their country very much．They fought hard against their enemy, but there were too 2 of the Romans．It looked as if the Romans would win．
One night, the leader of Scots took his 3 to the top of a hill．“We will rest here tonight, my men,”he said,“tomorrow we will fight against the Romans again．We 4 win or we will die．”
They were all very 5 , so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep．There were only four guards on duty, but they too, were very tired, and one by one, also 6 ．
The Romans were not asleep．Quickly they arrived at the 7 of the hill．Slowly they climbed up the hillside． 8 they came to the sleeping Scots．They were almost at the top．A few minutes more, the war would be 9 ．Suddenly one of them put his foot on a thistle(一种叶子带刺的野生植物)．He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots．In a minute, the Scots were all ready to fight．They fought very bravely and won in the end．
The thistle is not a beautiful plant．It has shape needles(针)all over it．
Few people like it． 10 the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower．
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