When someone takes shoes to a shop to be mended, he is given a ticket with a number on it．Then, 1 his shoes are ready, he goes back to the shop, gives the ticket to the shoemaker, gets his shoes and 2 for them．
One day Mrs．Smith gave her husband a 3 of her shoes which needed mending and asked him to 4 them to the shop．Mr．Smith did so, and put the 5 for them in his pocket．
He went back four days 6 to get the shoes, 7 when he went into the shop, he was not able to find his ticket 8 , and the shoemaker did not want to give him the 9 until he got the ticket．
“How do I know that the shoes are 10 unless you give me the ticket?” he said．“If I give them to you now, somebody 11 may come into my shop with the ticket tomorrow, and then I shall not be able to give him the shoes．”
Mrs．Smith needed the shoes very much, so her husband 12 for a moment and then went out to his 13 , which was at the side of the road 14 the shop．He 15 the door, and whistled(耳语)to his wife’s small 16 , which was sitting on the back seat．Then he went back into the shop and 17 it, “Get the shoes!” The dog began to 18 around the shop, and soon it found Mrs．Smith’s shoes and brought them to Mr．Smith one after the 19 ．
“That should prove(证明)that they are my wife’s．” Mr．Smith said．
The shoemaker 20 and then he gave the shoes to Mr．Smith．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
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