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　　There was a big garden near John's house, and it had a lot of f 1 trees in it. One day John saw some beautiful apples o 2 one of them. He went home and got a ladder, put it a 3 the high wall of the garden and climbed up. Then he pulled the ladder up, and put it down on the o 4 side, and climbed down into the garden. Just then a gardener came r 5 a corner and saw him.

　　“What are you doing?” he s 6 .

　　John thought quickly and said, “I'm selling my ladder.”

　　“Selling your ladder? In somebody's garden! Do you think I believe s 7 a foolish story?” said the gardener and came to John w 8 a stick.

　　“It's my ladder,” said John, “and I can sell it w 9 I like. You needn't buy it if you don't want to.” And he took his ladder and climbed over the wall a 10 .

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　　 I used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day from my kitchen window. One day I asked her why she practiced so 　　1　 . She said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is 　　2　　 a scholarship（奖学金）. I like basketball and I want to be the 　 3　 player in college. My dad told me, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

She never changed her mind. I watched her through those high years and into senior high school. One day before she graduated from high school, I saw her sitting on the grass

　 4　 . I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop 　5　 about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad, 　 6　 . Then she smiled and told me her father said that coach was wrong. He did not understand the power of dream.. Her father said to her, “If you 　　7　 want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you 　 8　 can stop your dream.” He told her again: “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

The next year, she and her team went to a big game. She 　　9　 by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the 　 10　 basketball team of their college. She was to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.

“If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.

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