Once upon a time, there were two neighbors living next to each other. One of them was a retired(退休) teacher and the other was an engineer. 1 of them planted plants in their gardens. The retired teacher gave a 2 amount(数量) of water to his plants and didn't always give a full attention to them, 3 the other neighbor who was interested in technology, gave a lot of water to his plants and looked after them very well.
One day, a storm started 4 during the night, The next morning, the engineer was surprised to see that his plants were uprooted （将……连根拔起）.But the retired teacher's plants were very 5 .
The engineer went to the retired teacher and asked, "We grew the same plants together, I actually looked after my plants better than you did to yours, and even gave them more water, Still, my plants were uprooted, while yours were not, How is that 6 ?"
The retired teacher smiled and said, "You gave your plants more attention and water, but because of that, your plants didn't need to work to find water. You 7 it easy for them. But I gave them just adequate(适当的) water and let their roots search for more. And their roots went 8 , which made their position stronger."
This story is about parenting and the 9 are like plants. If evening is give to them, they will not understand the hard work it takes to earn those things. Teach them how to walk, but let them follow their paths. Sometimes it's best to 10 them instead of giving them.
