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| A long time ago, Roman (罗马) soldiers came to make war to Scotland (苏格兰). The Scots (苏格兰人) 1 their country very much. They fought hard against their enemy, but there were too 2 of the Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win. One night, the leader of Scots took his 3 to the top of a hill. "We will rest here tonight, my men," he said, "Tomorrow we will fight against the Romans again. We 4 win or we will die." They were all very 5 , so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were only four guards on duty, but they too, were very tired, and one by one, also 6 . The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they arrived at the 7 of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside. 8 they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more, the war would be 9 . Suddenly one of them put his foot on a thistle (一种叶子带刺的野生植物). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a minute, the Scots were all ready to fight. They fought very bravely and won in the end. The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has shape needles (针) all over it. Few people like it. 10 the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower. | |||
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