Ayoungman，whiletravelingthroughadesert，cameacrossaspringofclearwater．（31）___waterwassweet．Hefilledhisleathercontainersothathecouldbringsomebacktoanoldman（32）___hadbeenhisteacher．Afterafour-dayjou

　　A young man，while traveling through a desert，came across a spring of clear water．（31）___water was sweet．He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an old man （32）___ had been his teacher．After a four-day journey，the young man（33）____（give） the water to the old man．His teacher took a deep drink，smiled（34）___（warm），and thanked his student very much for the sweet water．The young man went home（35）___a happy heart．

　　After the student left，the teacher let （36）___ student taste the water．He spit（吐） it out，（37）___（say） it was awful．Apparently，it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container．He asked his teacher，"Sir，the water was awful．Why did you pretend to like（38）___？"

　　The teacher replied，"You tasted the water．I tasted the gift．The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love．Nothing could be （39）___ （sweet）．"

　　We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children．（40）___ it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace，the proper response is appreciation．We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing．