One day, a hunter (猎手) went hunting with his dog. He saw a rabbit running out of a bush not far in front and 1 raised his gun to shoot. The rabbit was hurt. It ran away in 2. The hunter waved to the dog to 3 it. The well-trained dog rushed like an arrow, running very fast and full of confidence.
The rabbit ran so desperately (拼命地) that it 4 not to have been hurt at all. However, the dog was surprisingly left behind. Gradually (逐渐地), the dog was losing sight of (看不见) the rabbit. At last when the dog 5 empty-handed, the hunter was angry and blamed (责备) it, "How 6! Unable to catch an injured rabbit! No supper for you." Feeling sad, the dog tried to explain for 7, "Though I didn't catch it, I had done my best."
When the rabbit got home, all the other rabbits were surprised at its luck. They were dying to ask, "How did you 8 to run away when the dog almost caught you? it's unbelievable" "The dog would only be blamed for not catching me at most, so all it did was to do its best. The situation is completely different 9 me. I would surely lose my life if I was caught. I had to go all out (竭尽全力)!"
We can learn a lesson for our daily life from the story. Have we ever examined ourselves and asked 10 we did our best or went all out when we looked for an excuse for our failure?
