A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I'm a woman,” she told him．
“I don't understand,” he said．His mum just hugged him and said, “And you 1 will．”
Later the little boy asked his father：“Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?”
“All women cry for no reason,” that was 2 his dad could say．
The little boy grew up and became a man, still 3 why women cry．Finally he 4 a call to god; and when god got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so 5 ?”
God said, “ When I made the woman she had to be 6 ．I made her shoulders 7 to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give 8 ．”
“I gave her an inner strength to 9 childbirth and the rejection(拒绝，抛弃)that many times comes from her children．I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else 10 , and take care of her family through sickness and tiredness 11 complaining．I gave her the sensitivity to 12 her children under any and all circumstances, 13 her child has hurt her very badly．I gave her strength to carry her husband through his 14 ．I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never 15 his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him 16 ．And finally, I gave her a tear to shed．This is hers exclusively(独有的)to use whenever it is needed．”
“You see：the beauty of a woman is not in the 17 she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she 18 her hair．The 19 of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because thatis the doorway to her heart and the place where love 20 ．”