Last fall I hung outside my window a bird feeder(喂鸟的食槽). Knowing  36   about wild birds, I   37   that   38  I hung this bird feeder outside, numbers of beautiful birds would be swooping (飞扑) to my new addition. However, days, weeks, and months   39  , NO BIRDS.

I asked so many people what to do?   40   was I doing wrong? “Nothing,” most of them replied, “just  41  !” So I waited and waited and waited, trying everything   42  to attract these birds. I cleaned off the deck (平台),    43    the feed, and washed the feeder. I   44   made the cat go out the other door! But nothing seemed to   45   . So I waited with patience and   46  .     

    Two months later, on a Saturday afternoon, I   47   ! What came to my eyes was the most beautiful bird I have ever seen in my life! All of a   48  , hundreds upon hundreds of birds were  49   from everywhere!

What a beautiful   50   I learned from this little creature! Patience and hope, and things will  51  the beautiful things in life. Yet I had never   52  how much patience I really do have and how much I do rely on hope to   53  the questions in my heart.

So I  54   hoping and waiting, waiting and hoping. I will try to use this “little lesson” with so many other things in my life. I guess patience is a    55  after all.