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　　That June evening I was about ten. As I stood on our front gate, my eyes 1 an unusual plant, not more than five inches 2 . My father said it was a young apple tree. 3 I decided I would transplant (移植) it and 4 for it as my own.

　　Dad found a 5 and that evening he dug it 6 for me. I 7 my little tree then. I took a boy's 8 of my tree, tenderly and attentively. I cheered it on as it slowly grew in the 9 of weeds (杂草) and the regular robbery (盗取) of our workhorse who tried to snatch (抢夺) 10 whenever she could.

　　Came the year 11 my tree had a few blossoms (开花) but no 12 . Still it was a nice tree and I was 13 of it, so I pruned (修剪) it, then I went off to college and 14 about my tree.

　　My back was 15 turned when it began to bear apples. They were good for 16 .

　　For 35 years now my tree has 17 out its products. Every autumn, neighbours came to 18 the branches and carried the fruit away.

　　I had foreseen (预见) it all. It is what I fully 19 all those years when I didn't know what I was doing. The 20 proves that the impossible becomes now the inevitable (不可避免).

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