If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste any success. But if you are 1, success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
I love eating persimmons(柿子). But you can't get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably 2 bad.
In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were 3 that I wouldn't be able to get into an excellent middle school. They 4 me to study harder, but I didn't really understand why th ey were so anxious.
Summer came, and I studied hard. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn't concentrate on my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop 5, Mom would shout: “Hey you! Think about your 6. If you don't work hard, you'll regret it!” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I thought about was playing with my friends and ea ting persimmons.
My mom would say to me, with a serious look on her face: If a persimmon tree doesn't grow in summer, it can't bear(结出) fruit in autumn! Only by hard work, you 7 get the good result of your work.”
Although I didn't understand it at that time, I gradually came to see the truth of her words. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was 8. Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few persimmon tre es. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I 9 that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.
My mom was right: If a persimmon tree doesn't grow during summer, it can't bear fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer 10 now it was autumn.
I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruits of my labors!
