I was out in my fields, spade in hand, planting trees this morning. I feel good when I do it, knowing that long after I am gone, these trees will ________ high above the land, providing oxygen for humans not yet born and ________ the carbon dioxide from the air.

Each spring, as I am ________, my mind goes back to a ________ I have of my grandfather, walking with him on the land, listening to his ________ and learning about nature. He often told a story which has ________ in my mind all these years.

In the early 1900s, a man lost his wife and daughter to a terrible disease. Filled with ________,   he decided to take up the ________ occupation of shepherd in the hills. He was about 55 years of age at that time, and as he ________ his sheep, he looked around and saw the land was ________. Then the man felt he needed to do something to help the land ________ , for it had once been a splendid green forest.

He collected some ________ of oak trees from other places, ________ watered them and cared for the young trees that sprouted the next year. For the rest of his life, he planted every day. No one knew his story until he was 90 years old. Yet he ________ to plant, perhaps only five trees a day. At that time, the hill had become a green forest, ________ as far as people could see.

Tara and Lara were twins． Even their parents found it too hard to find the _____between them so the girls were_____   in different schools．

Although they look the same， both the girls differ in_____ else．   They don't have any common favorites． Lara is a night﹣bird and study all the night until she finishes．_____ ， Tara is a morning bird； she used to _____ early in the morning． In addition， Lara wears light darker colors and modern outfits， while Tara likes light colors and _____ dresses．

This wasn't the_____with these twin girls．   However， they _____each other that the opposite one was wrong．

While both sides have the advantages and disadvantages， the _____ continues． They fight mainly about ____ things all﹣day and during the study time． Their parents decided to _____ to their arguments．

Lara and Tara blindfolded their _____ with a black ribbon． Their _____brought them to the dining room． In the dining room， a big_____ was placed in the middle． Lara stood on one side of the board and Tara stood on the other side of the board． Both the ribbons were _____． The girls were surprised to see a huge board in between them．

Now， their father asked Lara， what is the color of the board？ She replied， "It is black!" Their mother asked Tara the same question． She replied， "It is white!"

They began to argue． While Lara _____ strongly it was black， Tara was_____ it was white．

Now， they were asked to_____   their places． They both were surprised and shocked． The board with Lara's side was painted black and Tara's was white， which was _____ by them． They_____   that they were right on their own perspective only．

Vishweshwar Butt Saklani took his last breath on January 18, 2019, but he will live on in the memory of his countrymen as the “Tree Man of Uttarakhan”, who planted over 5 million trees.

Saklani had been ______ of trees all his life. He planted his first tree at eight under his uncle’s ______, and kept it for the next seven decades of his life, until he was ______.

People know he loved trees, but ______ know that he planted trees to ______ the sad situations in his life. When his brother died, the Tree Man disappeared into the forest every morning and ______ whole days planting trees. Then in 1958, his wife died and he did the same to do with the ______. It was like he ______ his life to planting trees as a tribute(致敬，悼念) to his ______ brother and wife.

The people of his village grew to love him,______ it wasn’t always like this. In the beginning, villagers didn’t ______ him and even beat him, because he was covering common land. But he never ______. He continued planting trees and eventually got ______.

Saklani kept ______ his forest until 10 years ago, when he lost his sight. In 1986, he received the Indira Priyadarshani Award for his ______ efforts to protect the forest. In the same year, Saklani suffered a(n) ______ blow, after a massive wildfire turned many trees to ______. Despite the efforts of the local community to control the ______, it still destroyed much of the Tree Man’s forest. Although ______ by the disaster, Saklani believed that the trees would grow back once the rains came.

Saklani died at 96, but his ______ lives on in the forest.