“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I’m going to have a 1 performance tonight．I hope you'll come．Here is the 2 ．” She left in a hurry, disappearing in the crowds of people 3 ．
"Is that true?" I asked myself．She was a quite 4 girl．I had never seen her making up or wearing attractive clothes, for she did not know how to 5 indeed．
I arrived at the 6 with the ticket, and found my seat．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would 7 from a hard time before her turn, for I had no 8 of art, but her performance was 9 watching, no matter how long I would wait．Time went slowly．I 10 with myself not to fall asleep．
"Let' s welcome the next exciting dance-Latin!" 11 filled the hall at once．
I opened my eyes as large as possible, 12 to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the stage．Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully 13 in the Latin music．At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly 14 on the splendid stage．
After all the performance 15 , I waited for her at the gate．
"Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and 16 as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen．
"How do you feel?" There was not a little bit tired 17 on her face．
" 18 !" I answered．
"Thank you! I knew it would be．" She could not 19 her excitement, laughing like a child．Looking at the shining crystal high-heeled shoes in the wonderful starry night, I 20 that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．
I have never had the opportunity to see myself because of being blind from birth, and have been completely dependent on the image I create in the eyes of others．
There are those who believe that 1 I can't see, I obviously also cannot 2 ．Very often people will talk with me at the top of their voices．Conversely to this, people will also often 3 , believing that since my eyes don't work, my ears don't either．For example, when I go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for 4 to the plane, he or she will always pick up the phone and call a ground hostess in a very low voice．"Hi, Jane, we've got a 76 here．" I have concluded that the word " 5 " is not used because they are unwilling to inform me of my condition of which I may not have been previously 6 ．
On the other hand, others know that of course I can hear, but believe that I can't talk．Once I became ill and was hospitalized．Immediately after I was 7 , I was wheeled down to the X - ray room．Just at the door an elderly woman(judging from her voice)asked the orderly(护工)who had been wheeling me："What is your name?" "What's your name?" the orderly 8 to me．"Harold Krents", I replied．"Harold Krents", he repeated．"When was he born?" "When were you born?"…This continued for about five minutes before I finally interrupted, "Look, this is absolutely 9 OK, I can't see, but it's going to become pretty 10 to both of you that I don't need an interpreter．" "He says he doesn't need an interpreter," the orderly repeated to the woman．
The 11 misconception(误解)of all is the view that because I can't see, I can't 12 ．I was turned down by over forty law firms． 13 my qualifications included a cum laude degree(优异的成绩毕业)from Harvard Law School．The 14 to find jobs, the continuous 15 of being told that it was impossible for a blind person to 16 law, the rejection letter, not based on my lack of 17 but rather on my disability, will always remain one of the most upsetting experiences of my life．
18 , the Department of Labor issued laws that demand equal 19 opportunities for the disabled．The business community's response has been enthusiastic．The 20 towards the disabled is beginning to change．
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