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　　After the first World War, a small group of old soldiers returned to their village in Britain．Most of them managed to 　　1　　 fairly well, but one－Francis Binstering, who had been wounded and never recovered his 　　2　　 was unable to work regularly．　　3　　 he became very poor．Yet he was too 　　4　　 to accept anything from the people in the village．

　　Once these old soldiers held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made 　　5　　money．Grandin produced a curiosity(稀奇的东西)－a large old 　　6　　 coin．Each man examined it with 　　7　　 as it passed around the long table．All, 　　8　　, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, 　　9　　 the gold piece was soon forgotten．Later, when Grandin 　　10　　 it and asked for it, the coin was gone．

　　One of them suggested everyone be searched, 　　11　　 which all agreed, except Blustering．“You 　　12　　, then?” asked Grandin．Blustering said with a red face, “Yes, I cannot allow it．”

　　One by one, the others turned out their pockets．When the coin was 　　13　　 to appear, attention was focused on poor Blustering．Under the 　　14　　 stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home．

　　A few years later, Grandin had his house repaired．A workman found the gold coin 　　15　　 in dirt between planks(板)of the floor．Hurrying to Blustering’s home, Grandin apologized to him．

　　“But why didn’t you allow yourself to be 　　16　　?” Grandin asked．

　　“Because I was a 　　17　　, ”Blustering said brokenly．“For weeks we had not enough to eat and my pockets were full of 　　18　　, that I had taken from the table to 　　19　　 home to my wife and 　　20　　 children．”

　　After the First World War, a small group of old soldiers returned to their village in Britain．Most of them managed to 　　1　　 fairly well, but one-Francis Binstering, who had been wounded and never recovered his 　　2　　－was unable to work regularly．　　3　　 he became very poor．Yet he was too 　　4　　 to accept anything from the people in the village．

　　Once these old soldiers held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made 　　5　　 money．Grandin produced a curiosity(稀奇的东西)－a large old 　　6　　 coin．Each man examined it with 　　7　　 as it passed around the long table．All, 　　8　　, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, 　　9　　 the gold piece was soon forgotten．Later, when Grandin 　　10　　 it and asked for it, the coin was gone．

　　One of them suggested everyone be searched, 　　11　　 which all agreed, except Blustering．“You 　　12　　, then?” asked Grandin．Blustering said with a red face, “Yes, I cannot allow it．”

　　One by one, the others turned out their pockets．When the coin was 　　13　　 to appear, attention was ?focused? on poor Blustering．Under the 　　14　　 stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home．

　　A few years later, Grandin had his house repaired．A workman found the gold coin．　　15　　 in dirt between planks(板)of the floor．Hurrying to Blustering’s home, Grandin apologized to him．

　　“But why didn’t you allow yourself to be 　　16　　?” Grandin asked．

　　“Because I was a 　　17　　,” Blustering said brokenly．“For weeks we had not enough to eat and my pockets were full of 　　18　　, that I had taken from the table to 　　19　　 home to my wife and 　　20　　 children．”

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　　I always felt sorry for people in wheelchairs．Some people, old and weak, cannot 　　1　　 by themselves．Others seem perfectly healthy, 　　2　　 in business suits, and wheel themselves around with strong determination．But whenever I saw someone in a wheelchair, I only saw a 　　3　　, not a person．

　　Then I fainted(晕倒)at Euro Disney 　　4　　 low blood pressure．This was the first time I had ever fainted, and my parents said that I must 　　5　　 for a while after First Aid．I agreed to take it easy, but 　　6　　 I stepped toward the door, I saw my dad pushing a(n)　　7　　 in my direction! Feeling the colour burn my cheeks, I asked him to wheel that thing right back to 　　8　　 he found it．

　　I could not believe this was happening to me．Wheelchairs were 　　9　　 for other people but not for me．As my father wheeled me out into the main street, people 　　10　　 began to treat me differently．

　　Little kids ran n front of me, 　　11　　 my father to stop the wheelchair suddenly．　　12　　 set in as I was thrown back and forth．“Stupid kids-they have perfectly good 　　13　　．Why can’t they watch where they’re going?”I thought．People 　　14　　 down at me, pity in their eyes．Then they would look away, maybe because they thought the 　　15　　 they forgot me, the better．

　　“I am just like you!”I wanted to scream．“The only 　　16　　 is that you’ve got legs, and I have wheels．”

　　People in wheelchairs are not 　　17　　．They can see every look and hear each word．Looking out at the faces, I finally understood; I was once just like them．I 　　18　　 people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not 　　19　　 to be treated．I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are 　　20　　 disabled．