One day, a student asked his teacher,“ What is greed (贪婪)?” The teacher didn’t answer his question _________, but asked the student to walk through the gate of the chocolate factory next to their school and pick out the biggest chocolate bar he could find. But there was a rule: when he passed through the factory, he could not turn _________.

The student went to the chocolate factory. As he walked, he saw a _________ chocolate bar. He liked it, but he thought he might be able to find an even bigger one if he kept going.

He kept walking and saw _________ chocolate bar. This one was a little bigger. But again, he thought he could find an even bigger one if he kept going. As he got close to the end of the factory, he saw _________ chocolate bars, and none of them were as large as the earlier ones. He started to regret that he made a wrong _________ to keep going.

Finally, he gave up. He went back to his teacher empty-handed and _________ what had happened.

The teacher told him, “You liked the _________ chocolate bar, but you kept looking for a bigger one. And later, you realized that you had given up the best chocolate bar _________ you thought you could do better. That is called greed.”

__________, we let go of good things in our life because we think we can find something even better. You should learn to make your choices wisely.

There was a lonely kitten in a small village. She had no families or friends, so she spent her days lying around. She wanted to make friends with others, but everyone was too busy to _________ her.

One day, the kitten saw a group of children playing in the _________. She walked to them quietly, hoping to make some friends. But as soon as she got close, they started _________ her. They said she was too small and too dirty to play with them.

The kitten was heartbroken. She _________ the park, crying. She didn’t understand why nobody wanted to be her friend. She felt so lonely and _________

However, she met an old cat who was sitting by a tree. The old cat asked her what was wrong, and the kitten told her everything. The old cat listened _________ and then said, “Don’t worry, little one. I will be your _________. And I will teach you how to be strong and brave.”

The kitten was surprised and thankful. She spent the rest of the day with the old cat, learning how to _________ trees. She also learned how to be confident.

From that day on, the kitten was never _________ again. She had a friend who loved her and taught her everything. Whenever she saw the children in the park, she would walk by them __________ because she knew that she didn’t need their approval(认可) to be happy.

Happiness is important for everyone. Most people want to be happy, but _____ know how to find happiness. Here is a story to help you.

Once a bird lived unhappily. So it traveled far away to look for its happiness.

It flew and flew. _____, it saw spider climbing up a wall. The spider fell off the wall halfway. But it kept climbing again and fell off again. Even so, the spider didn’t _____. The little bird asked the spider in surprise, “Why don’t you have _____ but happiness on your face though you fail again and again?”

“Because I keep making my _____, I’m happy.” said the spider.

Then the little bird saw it: Happiness is a will (意志) in the heart.

The bird continued flying and saw a lame (跛脚的) duck helping a little duck _____ got lost to find the way back home. _____ it was disabled, it had a smiling face.

“I’m happy because I can help others,” said the lame duck.

So the bird saw it: Happiness is a love in the heart.

The bird flew even _____ and saw a little dying flower, whose face was full of smile. The bird didn’t know the reason. So it asked the little flower, “You’re going to die. Why are you _____ so happy?”

“Because my dream will come true,” said the little flower.

“What is your dream?”

“To _____ sweet fruit.”

The little bird saw it: Happiness is a hope in the heart.

So the little bird no more looked for happiness because it had seen the truth: Happiness is not in the faraway (遥远的) place but in your own heart. You are the maker of your own happiness.