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A long time ago, Roman(羅馬)soldiers came to make war to Scotland(蘇格蘭).The scots(蘇格蘭人) 1 their country very much.They fought hard against their enemy, but there were too 2 of the Romans.It looked as if the Romans would win.
One night, the leader od Scots took his 3 to the top of a hill.“We will rest here tonight, my men,”he said,“Tomorrow we will fight against the Romans again.We 4 win or we will die.”
They were all very 5 , so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep.There were only four guards on duty, but they were very tired,
too, and one by one, also 6 .
The Romans were not asleep.Quickly they arrived at the 7 of the hill.Slowly they climbed up the hillside. 8 they came to the sleeping Scots.They were almost at the top.A few minutes more, the war would be 9 .Suddenly one of them put his foot on a tistle(一種葉子帶刺的野生植物).He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots.In a minute, the Scots were all ready to fight.They fought very bravely and won in the end.
The thistle is not a beautiful plant.It has shape needles(針)all over it.Few people like it. 10 the people of Scotsland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.
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