ManyyearsagoIwas61abicycletripthroughsomeexceedinglybeautifulcountryside.Suddenlydarkcloudspiledupoverheadandrainbegantofallbutstrangetorelateseveralhundredyardsaheadofmethesunshonebrilliantly.Cycling.62.as

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Many years ago I was _61_a bicycle trip through some exceedingly beautiful countryside.Suddenly dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall but strange to relate several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly.Cycling._62_.as rapidly as I could I found it impossible to get into the clear.The clouds with their rain kept advancing_63_(fast)than I could race forward.Then it _64_(strike) me that I was wasting my strength in_65_(importance)hurry.while_66_(pay)no attention to the landscape for the sake of_67_I was making the trip.The storm could not last forever and the discomfort was not uriendurable.Indeed there was much to look at which might       68   have escaped me.As I looked around with sharpened appreciation the rain mists which now covered the wooded hills and the fresh clearness of the different greens were fantastic.My_69_(annoy)at the rain was gone and my eagerness to escape it disappeared.It provided me with a new view and helped me understand the sources of beauty and satisfaction may be found close at hand .Now I know that half the battle_70_(win)if I can face trouble with courage disappointment with spirit and triumph with humility

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On/however/faster/struck/unimportant/paying/which/otherwise/annoyance/is won