A boy found an eagle's(鹰) egg and he put it in the nest(巢) of a chicken. Soon the egg broke open and the eagle ____ out. He thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what chickens do— looking for ____ in the dirt and flying short distances(距离) with a noisy waving of wings. It was a hard life. Little by little the eagle grew ____. One day he and his chicken friends ____ a beautiful bird flying in the air, high ____ the mountains.

    "Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken ____ "Don't give it another thought. That's the great eagle, the ____ of all birds—you can never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it ____ thought. He went on cackling(咯咯) and complaining about ____. Finally, he died thinking he was a chicken.

    My friends, you are born an eagle, ____. The God expects you to be an eagle, so don't listen to the chickens.