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      Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people's daily life.   1   these proverbs

there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb,"plucking up a crop   2   ( help) it grow", is based

on the following story.

     It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) was very anxious to help   3   rice

crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about   4   day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than

he expected.

     One day, he came up with an idea   5   he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next

day.

     He was very tired  6   doing this for a whole day,   7   he felt very happy since the crop did "grow"   8   

(high).

     His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately, the leaves of the crop began to wither.

     This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their  9 (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an

event develop often   10   (result) in the contrary to our intention.