An octopus (章鱼) sat on the floor. His name is Ivan. The floor is covered with sand deep down in the sea. He was bored and _________. He watched other pretty fish swimming in and out of rocks. They were laughing and dancing _________. “Why am I so different?” he said to himself.

“You are an octopus (章鱼), Ivan. That is special.” The sweet _________ of Peter, a beautiful white dolphin, _________ made Ivan feel better. Ivan looked up at the white dolphin and smiled. Peter said, “Let’s play games _________.”

They were having a lot of _________ and they didn’t know they swam far from home. Suddenly Peter saw a large shark (鲨鱼) swimming next to them, “It is Big White...the biggest, most _________ shark in the sea,” he shouted to Ivan. Peter looked at Big White _________. Peter was very afraid and he couldn’t _________. Just at this moment, Big White rushed down towards _________. An _________ came to Ivan. He quickly sprayed (喷) a very dark cloud of black water to the shark’s eyes. Then Ivan and Peter swam away ______________ got home safely.

“Are you OK?” asked Ivan. “Yes. That was the most interesting trip ever! You saved me just now, I am lucky to have you as my ______________!” Ivan’s face turned red. “I guess being different _________ others can be so cool sometimes,” Ivan said. “That is what I try to _________ you,” Peter said.

A woodcutter（伐木工）was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins. _______, his wife was the kind of woman who could not keep a secret. Somehow, he knew, he had to _______ her from talking about the gold.

He thought about this for a long time, then made a _______.

He made some _______ preparations, then went home to get his wife.

“I found something in the forest”, he told his wife, “come with me and I’ll show you”. His wife _______ him into the forest and soon they came to a tree. “Look at that!” the woodcutter said to his wife, and _______ the tree. “There’s a fish _______ on that branch!” His wife opened her eyes wide and was _______, especially when he climbed up the tree and brought down the fish for her to see. They walked _______ and soon came to the river. “I’ll just ________ in my net and see what I’ve caught”, the woodcutter said.

He pulled in his net and ________ there were several hares（野兔）. “How ________!” he said “there are now hares in the river.” After that, they came to where the woodcutter had found the box of gold. “Look, wife”, he said “this is ________ I have found. A box of gold coins.”

The next day, his wife ________ not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen.

“I saw a fish growing out of a tree,” she said, “and hares in the river, and then my husband found a box full of gold coins.” Of course, ________ believed her!

As a group of frogs was traveling ________ the woods, two of them fell into a ________ pit (坑). When ________ frogs crowded around the pit and saw how deep it was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them.

However, the two frogs decided to ________ what the others were saying and they continued to try and jump out of the pit.

Despite their efforts, the group of frogs at the top of the pit were still saying that they should just ________.

That they would never make it out.

________, one of the frogs took listen to what the others were saying and he gave up, falling down to his death. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he ________. Again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just ________. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?”

The frog explained to them that he was ________. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

People’s words can have a big effect on other’s lives. Think about what you say before it ________ of your mouth. It might just be the difference between life and death.