Jenny used to get angry in the face of problems and didn't know what to do. One day, she asked her father for 1 . Her father took her to the 2 and got three bowls. Then he poured water into each bowl and put them on the stove (炉子). When the water started to boil (沸腾), he put a 3 in the first bowl, an egg in the second and two spoons of tea leaves in the third.
"4 are you doing all these things?" Jenny asked.
"Just 5 and wait for fifteen minutes." said her father.
When the time was up, Jenny's father put the potato and the egg on a plate and poured the tea into a cup. He asked Jenny, "Have you learned anything from them?"
"No," Jenny 6 her head.
Her father smiled, "The potato was hard before it was boiled, now it has turned soft. The egg would 7 easily before, but now it is hard. And the tea leaves are unusual. They change (改变) the water and created something 8 ."
Jenny then understood what her father wanted to tell her. Each thing responded (应对) 9 though they faced the same situation. She 10 face challenges like the tea leaves. Be strong, but not be weak!