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　　Growing roots

　　When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr．Gibbs．He didn’t look like any doctor I’d

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　　known．When Dr．Gibbs wasn’t

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　　lives, he was planting trees．

　　The good doctor had some

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　　theories on planting trees． He believed in “No pains, no gains”．He never

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　　his new trees, which was

　　35

　　many people．Once I asked why．He __36

　　that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each following tree generation will

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　　weaker and weaker．So you have to make things

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　　for them．He talked about how watering trees

　　39

　　shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in

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　　of water． I came to understand that he meant deep roots were to be___41

　　．I planted a couple of trees a few years back and I took good care of them．Two years of __42__

　　has resulted in trees that expect to be waited on hand and foot．Whenever a cold wind blows, they

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　　and tremble their branches． Funny things about those trees of Dr．Gibbs’．The lack of water seemed to

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