An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came by, flying and buzzing(嗡嗡叫) near his ear. The elephant drove it away ___________ his long ears. Then the fly came again and the elephant drove it away once more.

This was ___________ several times. Then the elephant asked the fly.

“Why are you so restless and ___________? Why can’t you stay just for a while in one place?”

The fly answered, “I am attracted(吸引) in whatever I see, hear or ___________. My five senses, and everything that happens around me, pull me endlessly in all directions and I cannot resist(抵抗) them. What is your ___________? How can you stay so calm and still?”

The elephant stopped eating and said, “My five senses do not ___________ my attention. I am in control of my attention and I can direct it wherever I want. This helps me ___________ whatever I do, and so, keep my mind calm and still. Now that I am eating, I am ___________ enjoying eating. In this way, I can enjoy my food and chew(嚼) it better. I control my attention, and this helps me stay ___________.”

The mind is restless and goes wherever the attention goes. ____________ you are able to control your five senses and your thoughts, your mind will become calm and you will be able to disregard its restlessness. Control your attention, and you will control your mind.

A 12-year-old middle school student from Chongqing spent her last summer vacation ________ wild animals at a conservation (保护) area in Masai Mara, Kenya.

Zhuo Yangling’s father is the first full-time worker from China to carry out protection work of wild animals in Africa. As her father often ________ her stories about wild animals, the girl developed an ________ in all kinds of animals. Her father took her to Africa for the first time when she was 4 years old.

She visited Africa for the second time at 8. After coming back to school, she came up with the ________ of protecting wild animals. Last summer holiday, the girl went to Africa again. “I am not a traveller this time. I put my heart and soul into the research and protection of wild animals there.”

“Every day the birdsong ________ me wake up. Then I ________ my father to patrol (巡逻) the area to check if some animals are injured (受伤的). If ________ is wrong, we start enjoying our ________,” the girl wrote in her diary.

“In the afternoon, my father and I work at our home. In the evening, we begin patrolling again. Then we play games ________ the campfire (篝火). With the animals’ low roars in the background, we ________,” says another part of her diary.

The panda is one of the symbols of China. Now _________ about 2,000 pandas are in the world, so all of them are precious(珍贵的). Qizai is one of them. It _________ in Shaanxi. It doesn’t look the _________ as others because it is brown and white. Just because of this, it becomes a superstar of the _________ world.

People _________ Qizai when it plays in the wild(野外). When it gets older, it gets to the Foping Panda Valley. _________ it can’t get on well with(与……相处融洽) other pandas. They always steal(偷) its _________. He Xin is Qizai’s keeper(饲养员). He is _________ Qizai for 18 hours every day. He says Qizai is kind of _________ because it sleeps most of the time. It is not smart because it takes a long time for it to respond(回应) when someone calls its __________. But this does not stop people loving this cute panda.