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howtheythemselvesfeltwhentheywereyoung．Forexample，youngpeopleliketodothingswithoutmuch（14）．It'soneoftheirwaystoshowthattheygrowupandtheycan（15）anydifficultpeopleworrymoreeasily．Mostofthemnthingsaheadanddon'tliketheirnstobechanged．Sowhenyouwantyourparentstoletyoudo（16），youwillhavebettersuccessifyouaskbeforeyoureallystartngit．Youngpeopleoftenmaketheirparentsangrybyclothestheywear，themusictheyenjoyandsomething（17）．Buttheydon'tmeantocauseanytrouble．Theyjustfeelthat（18）thiswaytheycanbecutofffromtheoldpeople'sworldandtheywanttomakeanewcultureoftheirown．Andiftheirparentsdon'tliketheirmusicorclothesortheirwayofspeech，theyoungpeoplefeelverysad．Sometimesinsteadofgoingoutwiththeirparents，theyjustwanttostayathome（19）anddowhattheylike．Ifyountocontrolyour（20），you'dbetterwinyourparentsoverandtrytogetthemtounderstandyou．giveyoutherighttodowhatyouwanttodo．C．findD．everythi AJoewasanoldman．The75﹣year﹣oldlivedveryhappilyinavillageandhadabeautifulfamily．Joehadfourgrandchildren，andtheyvisitedhimduringtheirDuringonevacation，Joewaspreparinghishomeforthekids：cleaningandbuyingtheirfavoritefoods．Afterhefinishedworking，herealizedhelosthisfavoritewatch．Thewatchwasagiftfromhiswifewhentheirfirstchildwasborn．Joelovedthewatchverymuch，especiallyafterhiswife'sdeath．Hewasveryupsetaboutlosingit．Oncehisgrandchildrencame，theypromisedhimtheywouldfindtheOnegranddaughterasked："Grandpa，doyourememberwhenyousawthewatchlastbeforeitwentmissing？""IguesswhenIwascleaningthebarn（谷倉(cāng)）！"JoeThechildrenlookedformorethantwohourswithJoe，buttheycouldnotfindOnegrandsonwentbacktothebarntosearchagain．Joeaskedwhyhewasgoingthereasecondtime．Butthelittleboyjustaskedtheothersnottofollowhimandtoremainsilent．HewasthereforaboutfifteenminutesandthenrushedtohisfoundthewatchandhappilygaveittoJoewassurprisedandaskedhowhewasabletofindit．Thelittleboyreplied："Isattherewithoutmakinganoise，andthebarnwassosilent．Afterafewminutes，Iheardthe‘tick，tick'soundandfoundthewatch．"JoehuggedandthankedthelittleFromParagraph2，welearnthat 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beingcontentmakesusworkinghardcanleadtoitisimportanttobelieveChildrenarealwaysmoreCLeonwasapostman．EverydayLeonwouldwakeupandfeedhis37cats．Leondidn'treallywant37cats，butonebyonetheyhadappearedonhisdoorstep，andLeonhadtakenthemin．Everyday，afterfeedingthecats，Leonwouldcollectthemailfromtheredpostboxesinthevillageandtakeithome．"IfonlyIhad37helpersinsteadofmeowingfortheirdinner．ThatgaveLeonanidea．Thatnight，Leonworkedlatemaking37cat﹣sizedpostalbackpacks．Then，hewentaroundtoeachpostbox，puttingupsignsthatread：Postboxclosed!Pleaseusethepostalcatservice．Thenextday，Leonputabackpackoneachcatanddroppedoffthecatsaroundthevillage．Leonknewthatthecatswouldbehappywalkingaroundallday．Hewaitingforhishelperstoreturn．Leonwasright．Thecatsdidreturn，buttheydidnotbringhomemanyletters．Somegottheletterswet．Somebitoffthecornersoftheletters．Someevenlosttheirbackpacks．""Catsarejusttoounreliable（不可靠的），"Leonthought．Justthen，astrangesoundcamefromtheoutsideofLeon'sdoor．Adirtydogwaswaitingtobeinvitedinside．ThatgaveLeonanidea．InParagraph 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