Once upon a time, an old man lived in a village with his son. He1lots of rice. Every day he went to the field to see the seedlings (秧苗). The young seedlings grew tall little by little, but he was 2unhappy. "The seedlings grow too slowly. How could they grow 3?" During the night, he lay in bed and could not 4.
Suddenly in the midnight, a(n) 5 came into his mind. He 6 the bed and ran to the field. He began working on the rice seedlings. One by one, he pulled up all the 7 plants by half an inch. When he finished pulling, it was 8 and the sun rose. He said to himself happily, "What a 9 idea! How tall the seedlings are!"
After he went back home, he told his son about the seedlings. His son hurried to the field. "Oh, no!" he shouted sadly. The seedlings all 10 in the field.
