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One day, a wise man heard some villagers were arguing about whose suffering was the worst. They each thought, “If my pain was as little as my neighbors, I could laugh and be joyous.” The wise man called them together around a tree and handed each person a pencil and an envelope with a string through a hole in the comer, and a blank piece of paper inside.
“I've been very troubled that many of you feel that Spirit has given you a more severe burden to carry than your neighbors. I took this heartfelt (真心真意的)concern to prayer with me, and Spirit has offered a solution. We will each take the paper out, write down our personal suffering, and put the paper back in the envelope. Write your name on the front of the envelope and find a branch to tie your envelope on. This is our suffering tree. When you tic your envelope，your suffering, onto the tree，Spirit has promised you’ll be free of it. However, as you have left a suffering on the tree, you must take one from the tree. Every person will be allowed to exchange their suffoings for any other that they pick off this tree as we walk around it. Once all the sufferings have been taken back from this tree, we will be done, and Spirit promises each of us will then be more content with the suffmngs we bear.”
It took quite a long time to walk around the tree before anyone took any suffering to be their own. But eventually, the first envelope was claimed (认领）.Little by little，every envelope came off the tree, each person claiming the suffering of their choice.
And each person claimed the very same suffering they had hung on the tree. Each one was more content with what was theirs to bear.
21. What did the villagers think of their neighbors’ suffering at first?
A. They think it is as little as their own.
B. They think it is not as bad as their own.
C. They think it is worse than their own.
D. They think it is the worst in the world.
22. Why did the wise man call the villagers together?
A. He wished the villagers to help him solve a problem.
B. He liked talking with the villagers.
C. He wanted to let them understand a truth.
D.He was ready to help the villagers get rid of their sufferings.
23.What’s the best title for the passage?C
A.A Wise Man Likes to Help His Villagers
B. Whose Life Would You Like to Live?
C. Each Person Claims His Neighbor's Envelope
D. A Suffering Tree Helps Reduce Your Suffering
