(2017·山西六校联考)There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness, but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.

　　So they __1__ Socrates for advice on where happiness __2__. But __3__ giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a __4__ first. The group of guys had to __5__ the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then __6__ together in it, singing with __7__.

　　Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now？” They answered in chorus, “We __8__ be happier！” Socrates __9__， “That's it! __10__ you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”

　　From the story I got to know that happiness __11__ hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through __12__ work and creativity.

　　We may have to __13__ pain in our daily life and in the process of __14__ happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in __15__ things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long­term happiness, however, comes from within our __16__ and spirit. So why not turn suffering into __17__ life, and __18__ tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.

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