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   It was a summer day. An old man was taking a walk down a hill cheerfully. He wiped the sweat（擦汗）from his face and started ______ a song.

Suddenly, he heard a voice. “Hello, sir.” The old man turned around, ______ he saw no one. “I’m here,” the voice came from beside his feet. The old man looked down and saw a beautiful flower.

“Sir, would you mind answering a question?”, ______ the flower. “Certainly not, my child. What do you want to know?” said the old man. The flower hesitated（犹豫）for a second and said, “Why are you so ______? You are not young and maybe you don’t have ______days left.” The flower went on, “My days ______ and I’m going to wither （枯萎）. That makes me so sad.”

The old man laughed, “Yes, I don’t have many days left. But so what? ______ waste such a lovely day on something that hasn’t happened?” The flower didn’t ______ understand. The old man continued, “What’s gone is gone. What’s to come is to come. You can’t change it. But you can decide to enjoy this very ______ that you truly have.”

And he didn’t ______ the flower to respond （回应）. He just walked away, continuing with the happy song he had been singing.