When l was younger, I thought that boys and grown men shouldn't cry．Tears were a sign of being weak which a man isn't 1 to be．
However, just last June, I 2 that courage isn't all about trying to keep all the pain inside and trying to hide the 3
My 18-year-old sister had eloped(私奔)and then I saw how 4 my father's heart was．We were used to seeing him as a(an) 5 father．
For three days he wouldn't talk．He would just sit quietly outside our house in the 6 On the fourth night, I sat beside him and asked him to tell me what he felt about 7 ．
It had been years since I laid my hand on my father's shoulder as we have drifted(疏远)further and further apart while I was 8 ．That night though, I sensed my father trying to 9 his pain and I wanted him to be able to let it out．We had all cried over what happened except him．
The simple 10 and my words,“Dad, it's not your fault．”broke my father's 11 In the darkness, he began to cry．I 12 his shoulders shaking as he whispered,“ 13 did I go wrong?All I ever wanted was for my children to grow up 14 Why couldn't your sister wait?”
I understood then why he 15 to be in the dark． 16 being there, he had hoped not to spare his 17 a father's pain．His tears, 18 we hadn't seen them before that night, were there all the same．
I saw his 19 , that night when my father cried with my hand on his shoulder, and 20 his pain．