desert in California.I went to live there in order to be __1__ him.I hated the place.I had never __2__ been so unhappy.My husband was ordered out on a long­term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack (棚屋) alone.The heat was __3__--almost 125 even in the shade of a cactus (仙人掌)．__4__ a soul to talk to.The wind blew non­stop，and all the food I ate，and the very air I breathed，were __5__ with sand，sand，sand!

　　I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents.I told them I was __6__ and coming back home.I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.I __7__ be in prison！My father answered my __8__ with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my __9__ -two lines that completely changed my life：

　　Two men looked out from prison bars，

　　One saw the mud，the other saw the stars.

　　I read those two lines __10__．I was ashamed of myself.I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present __11__；I would look for the stars.

　　I made friends with the natives，and their __12__ amazed me.They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had __13__ to sell to tourists.I studied the delightful forms of the cactus.I watched for the desert sunsets，and __14__ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean __15__．

What brought about this __16__ change in me？The desert hadn't