题目内容：

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

It was early s1.. Two seeds(种子) l2. side by side in the soil(土壤). The first seed said, “I want to grow! I want to send my roots(根)deep into the soil. I want to grow t3.the earth( 泥土) above me. I want to have green buds(芽). I want to tell everyone the spring c4.. I want to see the sun. I want to taste the rain!”

And so she g 5..

The second seed said, “I am afraid. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don’t know w6. I will meet in the dark. If I push my way through the hard soil above me, I may hurt myself. If I let my buds out , a snail(蜗牛) may e7.them. If I open my blossoms(花朵), a little child may p8. me from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait u9. it is safe.” And so she waited. A hen (母鸡)was looking for food in the early spring ground. She found the waiting seed and ate her. If we are afraid of g10.up, life will swallow(吞咽) us.