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Once upon a time, there was a very old man called Yu Gong. He was nearly 90 years old. There were two (1)
(mountain) in front of his house. One was Taihang Mountain, the other was Wangwu Mountain. The two high mountains blocked the way, so the (2)
(villager) couldn't go out for thousands of years. One day, he called his family together and said, “Those two mountains are too much in the way. Let's move them away.” His wife said angrily, “Are you crazy? How can we move them?” “Don't worry, we can move them to the seaside.” said Yu Gong. And he added they could put (3)
(stone) into the sea. So they all started digging (挖) and (4)
(move) the next day.
One day, a man named Zhi Sou saw Yu Gong and his children moving the mountains. He told Yu Gong that they could never do it because he was old (5)
weak. As soon as the man finished (6)
(talk), Yu Gong answered, “Though I will die soon, I have sons. When my sons die, there are still grandsons. My family would live and grow, (7)
the mountains could not get bigger. If we work without (8)
(stop) every day, why can't we move away the mountains?” Zhi Sou had no more to say.
Yu Gong and his family kept on digging from early morning (9)
night. Finally, the emperor of the heaven was touched (感动) and (10)
(send) two gods to move away these two mountains.
This story tells us that we can do anything no matter how difficult it is.