Do right things at the right time, or it’s too late to regret for what has passed.

A grasshopper (蚂蚱) was playing the violin when he saw some ants busy ________ food. “Why are you working on such a beautiful day?” he asked. “We ________ collect food now,” said the queen of the ants. “________ we don’t, what will we do when winter comes?” “Oh, winter is a long way off,” said the grasshopper, “You take life much too _________.” “But you must ________ today if you want to eat tomorrow,” said the little ant. “You can play your violin after you’ve finished your work.” The grasshopper didn’t want to follow her _________. He went away, singing.

Spring soon passed and the warm summer came. All day long the grasshopper played the violin. Soon summer was over. And then the autumn passed, too. One morning, the grasshopper woke up and was surprised to ________ that snow had fallen during the night. “Why? Had the long winter came?” he said to _________. The grasshopper walked around, looking for a place to keep warm but there was no such place. “How ________ I was not to listen to the ants. While I am dying of cold and hunger, they are sitting in their warm nest with plenty to eat.”

The grasshopper was soon frozen stiff (冻僵的). The ants ________ the grasshopper and carried him to their home. The grasshopper learned a lesson it would never forget.

Mary loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found two weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage(笼子).She cared 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 open. The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would _______. As it flew close, she grasped (紧抓) it. She was very excited to catch it. _______she felt strange. She opened her hand and looked sadly at the _______bird. Her great love had killed the bird!

The other bird was moving back and forth(来回) in 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 _______ the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once, twice, three times….

Mary liked watching the bird flying and singing happily. Suddenly the bird flew _______ 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(翅膀).