In a village near a desert lived a young and well-known businessman, named James. Despite (尽管) having a lot, he often felt ________ because of the endless challenges he faced.

One day, a wise old man came to the ________ with 100 camels. It’s said he could solve any problem. James went to see him and said, “I’m very unsatisfied with my life. I always have business worries, family troubles and health problems. Please tell me ________ to make them disappear.”

The old man smiled and said, “I’ll give you an ________ tomorrow morning. But first, can you do a small thing ________ me?” James agreed. The old man asked him to ________ the 100 camels for the night, making sure that they all sat down and rested before he could go to sleep.

The next morning, the old man asked James how his night went. James said ________, “I didn’t sleep at all. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get all the camels to ________ together. Even if I managed to get some camels to sit on one side, a few others would stand on the other side.”

“That’s ________. As noticed last night, some camels sat down on their own, while others required some ________, and yet many camels did not sit even after much effort. If you had come back later, you would have seen that some of the camels, even though they didn’t sit at first, ________ sat down on their own,” the old man said. James nodded.

The old man continued, “Problems are just like ________—some problems get solved by ________, some get solved when you put in some effort, and some do not get solved even after you have tried your best. ________ such problems to time. At the right time, these problems themselves will come to an end.”

James felt a sense of understanding. It completely changed the way he saw life’s ________.

During the wars, a soldier (士兵) took good care of his horse. He gave it the best food to eat and the clearest _________ to drink. As a result, the horse was _________ and fast and carried the soldier safely out of the dangers of war.

When peace came, however, the soldier _________. He put the horse out in the field and gave it only a little food to eat. During the day, the soldier made the horse work _________ on his farm.

After some time, war broke out again. The soldier went to the _________ to catch his horse. And then he _________ the horse. For a moment the horse stood there. Then slowly its _________ legs began to bend and it fell slowly to the ground. The horse gave the soldier a _________ of blame（责备）.

“Master (主人),” it said, “You will have to fight on _________ this time. You have made me work like a mule (骡子) and __________ me like a goat (山羊). I cannot change back into a strong horse just in a moment.”