A farmer had a brother in town. His brother was ____ good gardener and had the finest apple trees in the town.

    One day the gardener gave the farmer a good apple tree ____ asked him to plant it. The workers ____ (take) the tree to the farmer's house. The next morning the farmer began ____ (think) about where he should plant it.

    "If I plant it ____ the hill," he said to ____ (he), "the wind might blow down the delicious fruit before it is ripe (成熟的). If I plant it near the road, people ____ (see) it and pick apples. But if I plant it near the door of my house, the children may pick them."

    At last he planted the tree behind his house. But it didn't bear any apples.

    He told the gardener about that ____ (sad). The gardener laughed and said, "You have planted the tree where it ____ (be) exposed to cold winds, and it can't get the sun there. ____ could you get flowers and fruit? You have planted the tree with a greedy (贪婪的) heart and how could you get a good harvest?"