A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her yard．She said, “I don't think I 　　1　　 you, but you must be hungry．Please 　　2　　 and have something to eat．”

　　“Is the man of the house home?” they asked．“No,” she 　　3　　 , “He is out．” “Then we can't come in,” they replied．In the evening when her 　　4　　 came home, she told him what had happened．“Do 　　5　　 them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in．“We do not go into a house 　　6　　 ,” they replied．“Why?” she asked．

　　One of the old man explained, “His name is Wealth,” he said 　　7　　 one of his friends, “and he is Success, and I am Love．” Then he added, “Now go in and 　　8　　 your husband which one of us you want in your home．”

　　The woman went in and told her husband what was said．Her husband was 　　9　　．“How nice!” he said．“Since that is the 　　10　　 , let us invite Wealth．Let him come and fill our home with wealth!” His wife 　　11　　 , “My dear, why don't we invite Success?” Their daughter was listening from the other corner of the house．She jumped in with her own 　　12　　 , “Wouldn't it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love．” “Let us 　　13　　 our daughter's advice,” said the husband to his wife．“Go out and invite 　　14　　 to be our guest．” The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our 　　15　　．”

　　Love got up and started walking toward the house．The other two also got up and 　　16　　 him．　　17　　, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love．Why are you coming in?”

　　The old men replied together, “If you 　　18　　 Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out．But 　　19　　 you invited Love, wherever he goes, we would go with him．　　20　　 there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

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　　The lady with the white fence taught me to leave the gate to life open．

　　When my husband died of a brain disease, I became very angry．Life was not 　　1　　．I hated being alone．One day, as I was 　　2　　 down a busy street in town, I suddenly noticed a new fence, which was being set up 　　3　　 a house．I 　　4　　 to the side to really admire the fence．The carpenter had done such a good job that my eyes almost 　　5　　 up with tears．I could not 　　6　　 myself away．I stopped the engine, went over and touched the fence．It still 　　7　　 of fresh paint．I could hear a lady was trying to start the lawn mower in the back garden．

　　“Hello!” I shouted and 　　8　　 at her．“Well, hello!” She stood up and wiped her hands in the apron．“I…I came to see the fence．It is so beautiful!” I said．

　　“The fence is not there for my 　　9　　,” the lady explained to me in 　　10　　 voice．“I live alone．But so many people drive by every day, and I thought they 　　11　　 be glad to see something really nice．People see my fence and wave．　　12　　 stop like you and come up to veranda(走廊)to have a chat．”

　　“　　13　　 weren't you sad when they expanded the road and everything changed so much?” I asked．

　　Her reply 　　14　　 my life．“Change is a part of life and takes part in 　　15　　 us who we are．When something we do not like happens to us, we have two choices：to become a 　　16　　 person or to become a better person．”

　　I carefully left the gate 　　17　　 and drove on with a new feeling inside me．I could not 　　18　　 what it was, but I could feel the thick stone wall around my angry heart breaking off．And 　　19　　 a pretty white fence was built．I decided that I would keep the gate open for everything and everyone that came my 　　20　　．

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