A peacock and a nightingale
It was a fine day. A peacock was dancing happily in the forest. He began to __
1__ suddenly because
he saw a nightingale __
2__ in a tree. He said to the nightingale sadly, "You have a sweet __
3__ , but I
don"t have."
Just then the king of birds came. He asked, "Peacock, why are you so __
4__ ? " the peacock said to
__
5__ , "I have such a beautiful body, but my voice is so bad that everyone will __
6__ me."
The king of birds said, "You don"t __
7__ to be sad. All things have their own strong points (优点) and
weaknesses. For example, you have a beautiful body but don"t have a sweet voice. A nightingale has a
sweet voice, but he doesn"t __
8__ as beautiful as you. __
9__ you should learn to live __
10__ your
weakness. Do you think it"s right?