Once a farmer got in fight with his neighbour. During the fight, the farmer got so angry that he said many bad and ________ things to his neighbour.

After some time, the farmer realized his mistake and wanted to take his words back but didn’t know ________ to do. Just then, he got to know that a saint (圣人) was visiting his village. So, he decided to go to the saint and ask for   _______.

He went to the saint and told him ________ and asked him to tell him a way to take his words ________.

The saint said to the farmer, “First, go and collect a lot of feathers in a(n) ________ basket and then keep them in the middle of the village and go home.”

The farmer did the same and the next day went to see the saint again.

The saint said, “Now go and bring those feathers to me.” The farmer went to get those feathers, but when he got there, all the feathers had flown away because of wind.

The farmer returned to the saint with his hands ________ and told him, “I couldn’t bring back those feathers because there were none left in the ________ as they were all blown away by winds.”

The saint told him, “The same thing happens to the words spoken by you. You can ________ say them but can not take them back even if you want to. Before saying something bitter and bad to someone in anger you should always remember that your words can not be taken back. Therefore, it is better to keep ________ when you’re angry.”

Words can hurt others too. So always think before you speak.

I gave a young homeless man some money this morning. I don’t usually give money to beggars (乞丐), _________ he looked very sad and it was just what I had in my pocket.

After that, I talked with him for a while and got to know _________ more about him. He told me about what _________ to him last night. It began to rain at midnight and his sleeping bag got __________ because of the sudden rain. He had to spend several hours _________ it under a hand dryer in a fast food restaurant.

Before I left, he gave me some stickers (贴纸). He said a child had given them to him. He wanted me to take them because he was _________ for the money I gave him, as well as the __________ I spend talking with him.

I didn’t have any use for the stickers, but I _________ them anyway. I told him it was nice of him to give them to me. We should _________ be afraid to help others—if we give them love, they will give us the _________ things in return.