Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities
& f% J) h3 q9 p to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he
& D! u# ?. V3 K- U; N# i is fed, looked after and loved, what he may do, It is __1__
d. g9 v8 \& r8 ?0 ] improbable that he will ever again in his life be given" R$ O9 u6 }- D2 F# n1 }
so much without having to do anything in turn. In addition, __2__: C) @/ g. j* x5 o; i+ i' b0 R' e
life is always presenting new things to the child—things& C/ F8 D) [5 `
that have lost their interesting for older people because __3__
t9 L1 \, P7 U) K4 b$ S they are too well-known. A child finds pleasure in playing, Q! D# q3 k4 h9 p; J+ M- p b
in the rain, or in the snow.His first visit to the
. o- B' b& ~6 ?$ L3 G; Z seaside is a marvelous adventure. But a child has his pains:. }; @" }: w. v. s
He is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks old* _7 i2 e: Y9 z5 z8 L
people do; he is continually being told not to do things, __4__: W4 n3 W7 P* J
or being punished for that he has done wrong. __5__) U- ^/ Q) A+ \9 B4 o
His life is therefore not longer perfectly happy. __6__
" Q1 w/ H4 f% e2 p2 M$ P When the young man starts to earn his own living, he
0 V& @# E4 M: g' [7 o% X. C becomes free from the discipline of school and parents;* M: p) P9 c4 j" Q, q" h
but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities.2 j( L: t! L# D8 `$ M; N
He can not longer expect others to pay for his food, his, n+ j2 F9 ^. S: Z3 V9 a+ F& h
clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live+ u5 r& i) ~/ B3 r* i% h R: Y# K
comfortable. If he spends most of his time playing about in __7__
i# w( M q. a the way that he used to as a child, he will suffer hungry. __8__# v+ Q1 t1 E! W# D& y# H' O7 K/ g+ [
And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break
5 H5 Q) o' w; x the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, therefore, __9__& F% q- w3 M- y2 A0 ^8 L; s9 c
he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health,. S8 s0 J" s7 F; }9 H2 Q
he can have the great happiness of seeing himself making __10__6 D% }* ]* k4 i0 L' Q4 s
steady progress in his job and of building up for himself
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