Many years ago, a teacher and his student lay down under a large tree near a large grass area. Then__ （1）___ the student asked the teacher, “ Teacher, I’ m puzzled. How do we ___（2）__ our soul mate.(灵魂伴侣)? Could you please __（3）__ me? "

  ___  (1)  for a few seconds, the teacher then answered, “ Well, it’s a pretty hard and easy question.” The teacher__ （5）__ , “ Look that way. There is a lot of （6）__ . Why don’t you walk there? But please don’t walk __（7）__ . On your way, try to find a blade (叶片) of beautiful grass and __（8）__ it and then give it to me. But just one.”

  The student said OK and then he walked straight __（9）__ to the grassy field. A few minutes later, the student came back __（10）__ . When the teacher asked the __（11）__ , the student said, “ On my journey, I found quite a __（12）__ beautiful blades of grass, but I __（13）__ that I would find a better one, so I didn’t pick it.   (2)   I didn’t realize that I was at the __（15）__ of the field, and I hadn’t picked any because you told me not to go back, so I didn’t go back.” Hearing this, the teacher said, “ That’s __（16）__ will happen in real life.”

   What is the _（17）_ of this story? In the story, grass is the people around you; the beautiful blade grass is the people that _（18） you and the grassy field is time. In looking for your soul mate, please don’t always __（19）_ and hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, you’ll __（20）__ your lifetime. Remember “ Time Never Goes Back.”