One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather（羽毛）. Several times, it   (1)   several obstacles(障碍) in its path. And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour (绕道).   (2)   one point, the ant had to cross a crack(裂缝) about 10mm wide. After some    (3)   thoughts, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked   (4)    it and picked the feather up on the other side, then continued on its way. I was   (5)   by the cleverness of this ant. It was only a small insect, lacking in    (6)    yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome.    (7)    this ant, like the other two-legged creatures    (8)    on the earth, also shares human feelings.

After some time the ant   (9)   reached its destination--- a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its    (10)    home. It was there that the ant met its   (11)  . How could that large feather possibly   (12)    such a small hole? Of course, it couldn’t. So the ant, after all this    (13)     and using great brightness, overcoming problems all along the way, just gave up the    (14)     and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through    (15)    it began its journey and in the end the feather was   (16)    more than a burden. Isn’t our    (17)   like that?

We worry about our families; we worry about the    (18)   of money; and we worry about all kinds of things. These are all burdens --- the things we pick up along life’s path, and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to   (19)    that at the destination they are    (20)    and we can’t take them with us.