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| It was on a winter morning, near Oxford, Maryland, that I set the breakfast table beside the huge window, which _1_ the Tred Avon River.The snow decorated the shore in white.For a moment I stood quietly against the bookcase, appreciating what the night's snow had _2 . 3 I leaned forward and peered (盯着看) close to the frosted window."It really is!" I cried out loud."There is a goose out there! " I _4_ to the bookcase and pulled out a pair of binoculars (望远镜).Into their sights came the 5_ of a large Canada goose, very still, its wings folded tight to its sides, its _6_ frozen to the ice.Then from the dark sides, I saw a line of swans.They crossed 7 the west of the broad river, moving _8_ to the east. As I _9_, the leader swung to the right, and then the white _10_ of birds become a white circle.It floated from the top of the sky downward.At last, as easy as feathers coming to earth, the circle _11 the ice. The swans _12_ the frozen goose! Amazingly, those bills (啄) began to work on _13 .The long necks were lifted and curved down, _14_. It went on for a long time.At last, the goose was free and _15_ its big webbed (有蹼的) feet slowly.The goose _16 its wings as far as they would go.The swans took off and _17 on their eastward journey, in perfect formation, to their secret destination._18_ them, rising with incredible speed and joy, the goose moved into the sky.I watched them _19 they disappeared over the tips of the farthest trees.Only then did I realize that tears were running down my cheeks.This is a true story.I do not try to interpret it here.I just often 20 it in the bad moments, and tell myself, "If so for birds, why not for man?" | ||||
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