Mother used to ask me what the most important part 0fthe body is．Through the years 1 would l the correct answer．When I was younger, I thought 2 very important to us．so I said,“My ears, Mum．”She said,“No．Many people are 3 ．But think about it and I’ll ask you again．”
Since making my first 4 ．I had often thought over the question．So the next time l told her,“Mum, it must be our eyes．”She said．“You ale 5 fast．but the answer isn’t correct because there are blind people．”
6 the years, mother asked me a couple more 7 and always her response was．“No．but you are getting 8 , dear”Last year my Grandpa 9 ．everybody was heartbroken．crying．When it was our 10 to say our final good．bye to Grandpa．Mum asked me．”Do you how the most important body part yet, my dear？”
1 was 11 when she was ask me this now．I always thought this was a 12 between us．She saw the 13 look on my face and told me“This question very important．It show you have really 14 your life”I saw her eyes full of tears．She said．“My dear．the most important body part is your 15 ．”I asked,“Is it because they hold up your head？”she replied,“No, it is 16 on them a crying friend or a 17 one can rest their head．I hope you’ll have a shoulder to cry 18 when you need it”
Then and there I understood the most important, part is not a 19 one．It is being, sympathetic to he pain of 20 ．
It was our second day in Tokyo．And we were 1 in the large underground station and did not know which train to take to get back to our hotel．My friend, Haima, and I stood 2 the faces of the Japanese walking 3 us in the busy station．We finally zeroed in on a young girl who looked 4 ．Though she stopped, it was 5 she could not understand a word of English．
Seeing our faces fall in 6 , she expressed herself by gestures, asking us to wait．We watched curiously as she stopped several people and talked with them in Japanese 7 she found one who could speak and understand English．This person asked us in poor English 8 we wanted to go and then spoke in rapid-fire Japanese to the girl．
She was 9 her head and saying “Hai! Hai!”．He 10 on after telling us we were in the wrong station． 11 the girl, mot only did she stay on, 12 ．Thanking her for her 13 , we rushed off to buy 14 ．
I have never seen 15 go out of their way to help a lost person in Delhi, usually just 16 to give directions and moving on．Little did we realize 17 there were going to be many more such 18 in the following days that would totally change our preconceived(怀有偏见的)ideas about the Japanese．
However by the end of this of this 19 , few of my old opinions about the Japanese being poker-faced, serious, 20 , formal and so on existed．
