A company in the United States once decided that it would offer lots of money to anyone who could find a white marigold（金盏花）. Most marigolds are either golden or brown. It is very hard to find a 1 one.
Twenty years later, the company received a 2 from an old woman. She sent 100 white marigold seeds (种子) along with the letter.
The woman was a fan of 3. When she first heard the company's notice 20 years ago, she got very 4. She thought she could grow her own white marigolds. But her children didn't believe her. She knew5 about seed genetics (遗传学) after all. Her dream of growing white marigolds might be just a dream.
Still, she6 to make it happen. She planted some common marigold seeds an 7 them. A year later, when the plants produced flowers, she chose one of the faintest (颜色淡) and took its seeds. She planted these seeds and waited another year for them to open. Year after year, her8 changed. Her husband died, her children moved away, and many things happened.9, her dream to grow white marigolds stayed strong in her heart.
Finally, after 20 years, she went out to her 10 and found a marigold that was not just white—it was as white as the purest snow!
