At the edge of a forest stood a big tree. It protected people from the sun and ___【小题1】___ shelters(庇护处) for birds and other small animals. At the foot of the tree grew a little plant. She was so ___【小题2】___ that nobody ever noticed her. One day, the two neighbors were having a __【小题3】__. “Well, little one,” said the tree. “Why don’t you plant your feet 【小题4】__ in the ground and raise your head up high in the air as I do?” “Well, I think I may be __【小题5】___ this way,” answered the plant with a smile. “Safer?” said the tree. “Do you think that you’re safer than I am? Do you know how deep my roots are buried, and how __【小题6】__ my trunk is? Even if two men hold hands, they will not be able to surround my trunk. Who can possibly pluck(拔起) me by the roots ___【小题7】__ bow my head to the ground?” And then the tree turned away from the plant quickly. But the tree felt regret very soon. One evening a great hurricane(飓风) hit the forest. It almost __【小题8】___ destroyed the forest. And the tree that had once almost touched the sky was now uprooted(连根拔起). ___【小题9】_, when the hurricane came, the little plant bent over and lay down on the ground. When the hurricane ___【小题10】___, it stood upright again.