Suri was a sweet boy and he was fond of elephants. However, he never had a(n) ________ to see real elephants. All he saw those were only on televisions. ________, when he was 25 years old, he got a chance to join a club of wildlife lovers. He asked whether they would take him to ________ the elephants. And the said yes.

As they ________ a beautiful village, one from the team said that the village had more than 100 elephants and Suri could enjoy the whole day. He was ________ to see the elephants and screamed（尖叫）happily.

After spending two to three ________ just seeing the elephants, Suri found those elephants were tied by thin ropes（绳子）. He knew the ________ of elephants, but how can they be tied by such thin ropes? The trainer replied, “We used to ________ them with a strong rope when they were babies. A few elephants would try to _______ the rope, but we could not set them free. So as they grew, they developed a wrong belief that the small and thin ropes were too ________ to break so they continued to get tied by their belief.”

In our lives, we sometimes may be held back by the mistakes we have experienced in the past justthe elephants, but we should have the courage to try to break them and live a free life.

At the beginning of the school year, each student would be given a special job for which they would be responsible for the whole term. Helen, a quiet and hard-working girl, ____________ an exciting task, like taking care of the class plants. Instead, she received a small box with sand and a small __________ .

___________ the teacher insisted (坚持) that this task was very special, Helen could not help feeling disappointed (失望的). However, she decided to do her best with her new responsibility. She began to look after the ant as ___________ as she could, learning about its habitat (栖息地) and needs. She made the box a comfortable home for the ant, and it grew much bigger than anyone expected.

Helen’s efforts caught the attention of her science teacher, Mr. Thompson. He turned her work into a class project, and Helen became the class ___________ on ants. Her hard work helped the whole class learn about ant behavior and habitats. They even built a small ant farm __________ in the classroom to observe (观察) the ant closely.

As the school year progressed, Helen’s classmates became more and more ____________ in the ant project. They started asking her questions and observing the ant’s behavior. Helen felt ___________ to share her knowledge and see her classmates so interested. At the end of the year, the school regarded Helen’s class as the best of the year. They _______ Helen for her hard work and how she turned a small responsibility into something big. Helen learned that every task, no matter how small, could make a big difference. She also realized that sometimes the _____ things can lead to great success.

One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He put up a glass of water and asked them, “How ________ do you think this glass of water is?”

The students began to think and ________. Their answers were different, from 20g to 500g. It does not matter how heavy this glass of water. “It ________ how long you hold it. If I hold it for a ________, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance(救护车).

In fact, the weight of the glass of water doesn’t ________, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down, ________ for a while before holding it up again.

“If we carry our burdens(负担) ________, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry it.”

What do you have to do at this time? You just need to ________ the glass, and rest for a while before holding it up again.

So ________ you return home from work tonight, put away your work. Don’t carry it back home. You should learn to ________ yourself. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!