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or, end, provide, deep, safe, form, thick, small, complete, talk, rubbish, however
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At the edge of a forest stood a big tree. It protected people from the sun and ______ shelters(庇护处) for birds and other small animals. At the foot of the tree grew a little plant. She was so ______ that nobody ever noticed her. One day, the two neighbors were having a ____.
“Well, little one,” said the tree. “Why don’t you plant your feet __ in the ground and raise your head up high in the air as I do?”
“Well, I think I may be _____ this way,” answered the plant with a smile.
“Safer?” said the tree. “Do you think that you’re safer than I am? Do you know how deep my roots are buried, and how ____ my trunk is? Even if two men hold hands, they will not be able to surround my trunk. Who can possibly pluck(拔起) me by the roots _____ bow my head to the ground?” And then the tree turned away from the plant quickly.
But the tree felt regret very soon.
One evening a great hurricane(飓风) hit the forest. It almost _____ destroyed the forest. And the tree that had once almost touched the sky was now uprooted(连根拔起).
____, when the hurricane came, the little plant bent over and lay down on the ground. When the hurricane ______, it stood upright again.