When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still ______ of the dark, so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.

However, David ______ the grey moths(蛾) flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked ______, he simply said, "Because they are ugly (丑陋的) and scary, I don't like them." Mary laughed and said, "Being ugly outside doesn't ______ not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world."

"Once, the angels (天使) were ______. They were sad because it was raining heavily. The ______ little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow (彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies (蝴蝶) ______, they could make a beautiful rainbow together.

"Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn't want to ______ any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more ______ the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn't match the beautiful rainbow."

"Then the once-colorful moths became ______. The angles saw the rainbow and smiled…" My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn't feared months since then.