A daughter was going to leave college. Her father said, “Dear, I want to give you an old car. I bought it a long time ago. Take it to a car dealer (经销商) in the city and see how much they offer for it.”

The girl did as the father asked. Coming back, she said, “They offered $1.”

“OK. Take it to the second-hand car dealer,” the father said.

The girl came back again and said. “They offered $100 because it is a very old car and it needs a lot of work.” The father asked his daughter to show the car to a car club.

This time the girl got something different. “Some people in the club offered me $100, 000—because it is a rare car, it’s super difficult to find, but it is still in good condition.”

The father smiled. “Dear, remember this. You are not worth (具有……价值的) anything of you are not in the right place. If they don’t like you(价值).”

A little stream (小溪) ran down from a high mountain through many village sand forests. Then it reached a desert. “I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert” she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed.

At this time, a deep voice said, “If a breeze (微风) can cross the desert, so can a river.” It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered, “That’s because a breeze can fly, but I can’t.”

“That’s because you can’t give up what you are. Let yourself evaporate (蒸发) into the breeze, and it can take you across,” said the desert.

“Give up what I am now? No! No!” The little stream could not accept this idea. “The breeze can carry the vapor (蒸气) across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again,” said the desert. “And whether you’re a river or vapor, your nature (本性) never changes.”

Hearing this, the little stream went into the open arms of the breeze. It carried her to the next stage (阶段) of her life.

There was a King. He was very rich, but he was neither happy nor content. One day, the King saw a servant was singing happily while he was working.

【小题1】 So he asked the servant, “Why are you so happy?” The man answered, “I’m just a servant and my family don’t need too much. We just need a roof over our heads and warm food.”

The King told his friend about what the servant said. His friend said, “【小题2】” “What is 99 Club? ” the King asked. His friend said, “You can put 99 gold coins in a bag. 【小题3】 ” The King did it.

The servant found the bag and began to count. Then he thought, “Where’s the last gold   coin? 【小题4】” From that day, the servant stopped singing. He worked harder because he wanted to get the final coin.

“The servant has joined the 99 Club now,” King’s friend said. “The 99 Club is a name to people who have enough to be happy but are never content. 【小题5】 However, we can be happy, even with very little in our lives.”