Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅) with golden feathers. She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house _41______the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, _42_____still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough_43_____to buy food.

The swan was _44____ to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my_45______to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she _46______to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying_47______. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much_48______than before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her _49    _. “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all_50______feathers if she comes next time.”

“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will _51______the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the _52______ came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers _53______chicken feathers.

Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to 54______ you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will _55_____come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan left.