A girl complained(抱怨)to her father about her bad life. She felt tired. Shedidn't know what to do and wanted to1.
Her father took her2 the kitchen. Then he poured water into threepans and boiled(煮)it. Afterboiling, in the first pan, he put some carrots, in the3, he put some eggs and in the last, he put somecoffee. He just4 for a few minutes without any words.
The girl was surprised. She didn't know5 her father was doing that. After about 20minutes, her father turned6 the stove (炉子), took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He tookout the eggs and put7 in another bowl. After that, the8 was poured into a cup. Finally, he asked, "Whatdo you9?" "Carrots,eggs and coffee," she answered. "
Then her father told her to10 the carrots. She did it and felt that thecarrots were soft(软的).After that, heasked her to take the eggs and11 them. She got the boiled eggs and found ithard to do that. At last the father asked her to smell the coffee. "What'sthe meaning, Dad?" the girl asked. Then heexplained that each thing had the12 unlucky experience—the boiled water, but a different13. The strong and hard carrots became soft in theboiling water.
The eggs became hard14 being cooked. The coffee was very specialbecause it changed the water. "Who are you?" asked herfather. "When15 unlucky knocks at your door, what's your reaction(反应)？Are youcarrots, eggs or coffee? "
