In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl1to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl2__the mother would not return to her eggs and she3to take them home. There she carefully4the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days5the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the6 ___.
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.7, to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they8,the girl was able to9her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to10.The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an12: She would pilot a plane to guide them in13. She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.
Caring about14safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not15or follow him, and16slept in the grass.
One day, the girl17into the plane, started it and soon left the18. Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds19flapped（拍打）their wings and20. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
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