Mary loves small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found _____weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She cared for them with love and the birds both grew ______. They thanked her _____a wonderful song every morning.

But something happened one day. Mary left the door of the cage ______. The bigger bird flew out of the cage. She thought that it would _____. As it flew close, she grasped (抓紧)it. She was very ______ to catch it. Suddenly, she felt strange. She opened her hand and looked sadly at the dead (死去的)bird. Her great love ______the bird.

The other bird was moving back and forth((来回)the cage. Mary could ______its great need for freedom(自由). It wanted to fly into the clear and blue sky. At once, Mary took the bird out of the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once, twice, three times. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her head. It sang the ______song that she had ever heard. The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight. The best way to keep love is to _____it wings.

Sam Higgins was a famous photographer（摄影师）. His photos won many prizes and he earned a lot of money.

“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is _______.” And he told the _______. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods, even wars.

He was married and his wife, Tina, often _______ taking her with him, but he always refused.

“I travel for my work, rather than for _______,” he told her. “I won’t have time to look after you. Sometimes there’s nowhere to stay and I have to sleep outdoors. I often don’t have good meals or baths for days. You will _______ it.”

“Sam, I’m not a child,” his wife argued. “I can look after myself. Please, take me with you next time you go abroad.”

Sam didn’t say anything but he _______ it. So when he was asked to go to Africa, he said, “You can come with me if you want to. I’ve to take photos of the wildlife there and it should be interesting. We’ll stay with a local officer so it _______ be very uncomfortable.”

Tina was very excited, and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

Then Sam went off to find some _______ to take photos of. Tina went with him, but soon they came to a fork（分岔口）in the path（小路）. She walked down one path _______ he walked down the other. Before long Sam realized they had got ________.

Then Sam heard Tina screaming. He ran back to the fork and saw her running ________ him. A huge lion was behind her, getting ________ with each passing second.

________, Sam took his camera out of his case and ________ it at Tina and the lion.

Then he shouted, “Slow down, Tina, I can’t get ________ of you in the picture.”