Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the tree made the garden look wonderful.
In fact, the vegetables and the tree couldn't get on well with1.The vegetables disliked the tree because they thought the tree didn't leave them enough2by covering them with its thick leaves, while the tree thought that the vegetables drank nearly all the water before it could reach him.
The situation became worse and worse. One day the vegetables decided to3all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back(反击) by refusing to offer the vegetables shade (树荫). Soon they both began to dry up under the hot sun.
Neither of them expected that the gardener would stop4his vegetable field, because he thought it was5to save the vegetables. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how6they were. There seemed to be no way to solve the problem. Then a small pumpkin decided to do something to change the situation. The small pumpkin did all he could to grow7there was little water and it was too hot.
Finally, the gardener8the growing pumpkin among the dying vegetables.9, he started to water the field again because he still wanted to make a(n)10to get the beautiful pumpkin. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables were saved. Since then, they realized that it was better to help each other than to fight, and they lived in harmony(和谐) with other plants.
