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A teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag with a few potatoes. The teacher said, “Each potato ______ a name of a person that you hate. So the number of potatoes that you will put in the plastic bag will depend on the number of people you hate. The more people you hate, the more potatoes you will carry.”

When the day came, every child ______ some potatoes with the names of the people he or she hated. Some had two potatoes and some _____ while some up to six potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the potatoes in the plastic bag with them _____ they go for one week.

As days passed, and the children started to complain（抱怨）because of the ______ smell let by the rotten（腐烂的）potatoes. Besides, those having six potatoes also had to carry ______ bags. After one week, the game was ___ over. The teacher asked, “How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?” The children started complaining of the trouble ______ they had to go through carrying the heavy and smelly potatoes here and there.

Then the teacher told _____ the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said, “This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred（仇恨）for somebody inside your heart. The hatred will ______ your heart. If you cannot stand the smell of the rotten potatoes for one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime?”