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The Tree and the ____________________


Once upon a time , there was a lovely ____________________ patch , on which ____________________ a very leafy tree . Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful appearance , and were the pride and ____________________ of the ____________________ owner . What no one knew was that the vegetables in the patch and the tree couldn't stand each other . The vegetables ____________________ the tree's shadow , because it left them only just ____________________ light to survive . The tree , on the other hand , ____________________ the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water ____________________ it could get to him , ____________________ him with just enough to survive .

The situation became so extreme that the ____________________ got totally ____________________ up and decided to use up all the ____________________ in the ground so that the tree would dry up . The tree answered back by ____________________ to shade the vegetables from the hot midday sun , so they too began to dry up . Before long , the ____________________ were really ____________________ , and the tree's branches were drying up .

None of them suspected that the gardener , on seeing his vegetable patch deteriorating , would stop watering it . ____________________ he did that , both the tree and the vegetables really learned what thirst was . There seemed to be no ____________________ , but one of the vegetables , a small ____________________ , understood what was going on , and decided to resolve it . Despite the little water available , ____________________ the unforgiving heat , the little ____________________ did all he could to grow , grow , grow . . .

He managed to grow so big that the ____________________ started watering the patch again . Now the gardener ____________________ to enter that ____________________ big courgette in some gardening contest .

And ____________________ it was that the vegetables and the tree realised that it was better to help each other than to fight . They should really learn how to live in ____________________ with those around them , ____________________ the best they could . ____________________ they decided to work together , using both the shade and the water in the best combination to grow good vegetables . Seeing how well they were doing , the ____________________ now gave the best of care to his ____________________ patch , watering and fertilising it better than ____________________ other patch for miles ____________________ .