Onedayafarmer'sdonkeyfellintoanabandonedwell.Theanimalcriedpiteously(可怜地)forhoursasthefarmertriedtofigureoutwhattodo.__51__Soitjustwasn'tworthitforhimtotrytosavethedonkey.
__52__Theyeachgrabbedashovel(铁锹)andbegantoshoveldirtintothewell.Realizingwhatwashappeningthedonkeyatfirstcriedandwailedhorribly.
Thenafewshovelloadslaterhequieteddowncompletely.__53__Witheveryshovelofdirtthathithisbackthedonkeywouldshakeitoffandtakeastepuponthenewlayerofdirt.
Asthefarmer'sneighborscontinuedtoshoveldirtontopoftheanimalhewouldshakeitoffandtakeastepup.Prettysoonthedonkeysteppedupovertheedgeofthewellandranaway.__54__
Lifeisgoingtoshoveldirtonyouallkindsofdirt.Thetricktogettingoutofthewellistostopwailing(悲叹)andnotletthedirtburyyoubuttoshakeitoffandtakeastepup.__55__Wecangetoutofthedeepestwellsjustbynotstoppingnevergivingup!Shakeitoffandtakeastepup.
A．Eachoneofourtroublesisastepping?stone.
B．Nobodycouldtellexactlywhathadhappened.
C．Everyonepresentwasgreatlyshockedbywhattheysaw.
D．Heinvitedallhisneighborstocomeoverandhelphim.
E．Thefarmerlookeddownintothewellandwassurprisedbywhathesaw.
F．Weshouldmakethemostofeveryopportunitythatwecomeacrossinourlives.
G．Finallyhedecidedtheanimalwastoooldandthewellneededtobecoveredupanyway.
