A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to1 . She felt tired for fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into the pans and boiled it. When the water was boiling, in the first pan he put some carrots, in the2 he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. He waited for a few minutes without any words. The girl closed her mouth and waited impatiently, not knowing3 her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes, her father turned off the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put them in another one. After that the4 was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter, he asked, "What do you5 ?""Carrots, eggs and coffee," she answered. Her father told her to 6 her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take eggs and7 them. Then, she got boiled and hard eggs. At last, the father asked her to smell the coffee. "What's the meaning, Father?" He8 that each one had the same unlucky experience —the boiled water, but each had a different reaction.
The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak after being in the boiling water. The eggs became hard 9 being cooked, The coffee was very special and it changed the water. ""Who are you?" asked her father, "When bad luck 10 your door, what's your reaction? Are you carrots,eggs or coffee?"
