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Long long ago, there was a king. He loved animals very much. One day he got1nice falcons from his son. He had never seen such2falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer（猎鹰者）to 3them to fly.

After several months, the king came to see4the training was going on. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky, while5was staying on the branch（树枝）o fa tree quietly.

The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to6every way they could to make the other falcon fly. But none of them7. One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest. an idea came to his 8. Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well could9this problem. Then he invited a 10who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.

The next morning, the king saw the other falcon flying in the sky freely. He felt very surprised.

"It is unbelievable!" shouted the king. "How could you11it happen?"

The farmer replied, "It is very12. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested. It had no place to rest. Then it had to13. "

It is always the same to human beings. We all have "two flying wings" in our hearts as well. But it seems that we don't notice them and stay in a place where we just feel14and comfortable. We won't realize we can fly so high and freely until the branches we are resting on15. Do you think so?

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