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| Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and 1 to let the angels stay in the guest home of their large house. 2 , the angels were given a space in the cold basement (地下室). As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a 3 in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked 4 , the older angel replied, "Things aren't always what they seem." The next night the 5 came to rest at the house of a very 6 , but very hospitable (好客的) farmer and his wife. After 7 the little food they had, they let the angels sleep in their 8 where they could have a good night's rest. When the sun 9 the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in 10 , for their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was very 11 and asked the older angel, "How could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, 12 you helped him," she accused (责备) "The 13 family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let their cow 14 ." "Things aren't always what they seem", the 15 angel replied. "When we stayed in the basement of the large house, I 16 there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. 17 the owner only cared about money and was unwilling to share, I sealed (封住) the wall so 18 wouldn't find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came 19 his wife. I told him to take the cow instead. Things aren't always what they 20 ." | ||||
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