Pulling Out （拔掉） "Young Trees"
Once upon a time，there was a boy named Jack.He had many bad（1）

habits

habits

（habit）.One day，his teacher，an old man，（2）

took

took

（take） the boy to his garden.There were many different plants in the garden.The teacher pointed to（3）

a

a

small plant and told Jack to pull it out of the earth.The boy （4）

easily

easily

（easy） did so.
   Next，the old man asked Jack（5）

to do

to do

（do） the same with another plant.This plant was a little bigger（6）

than

than

the first one.Then，the teacher continued to have the boy pull out several plants which were even bigger.Jack began to have difficulty（7）

in

in

pulling them out.At one point，he tried his best，but could not do with these large plants."It's（8）

impossible

impossible

（possible） for me to finish the work，" he said out of breath.
   The old man smiled and said，"You see，it's very easy to pull out young plants.（9）

But

But

it's difficult to pull out large ones.When you are young，bad habits are also easy to get out of.As you grow up，the bad habits will become stronger and much（10）

harder

harder

（hard） to"pull out".
   Finally，Jack understood the meaning of this lesson and began to change his lifestyle.