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A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She didn’t know if she was going to make it and wanted to ________. She was tired of fighting and struggling(奋斗). It seemed that as one problem was solved, a new one ________.

Her father who is a good cook, took her to the ________. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the ________ he placed eggs, and in the last he placed coffee beans(咖啡豆). He let them boil, without ________ a word.

The daughter waited impatiently, wondering ________ he was doing. In about twenty minutes, he ________ the burners and put the carrots, the eggs and the coffee into different bowls. He asked, “Darling, what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee.” She ________.

He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She noticed that they were ________. He then asked her to take an egg and break ________. After pulling off the shell, She observed (观察) the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She enjoyed it and smiled.

“What does it mean, Father?” she asked.

He explained that each of them had faced the same situation, boiling water, but each reacted (反应) ________. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak ________ being boiled. The fragile (脆弱) eggs became hard after cooking. Coffee beans were the most ________ of the three. They turned the ________ into delicious coffee. “Which are you?” he asked his daughter.

When ________ knock on your door, how do you answer? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?