Not long ago, my daughter’s leather shoes were cut(被割伤) by a knife. She burst into tears. I took the shoes to a shoe maker to get them repaired.

The young shoemaker took a look at the opening and said, “There is _______ I can do but change the leather.”

His master looked at them and said to me, “If you _______ me, I will add more cuts in the form of special style and reuse.”

I didn’t quite know why, but I decided to _______   the shoes. Two days later, I went there to get the shoes. At the first sight I found there were indeed five or six _______ on each shoe, but all the openings were covered by soft red leather sewed(缝) with thick thread(线). The shoes looked more special and interesting than ever. I couldn’t help praising(赞扬) the master for his work.

Another time, my sister’s white blouse had a large opening on the back. My wife took it over and checked _______, and then said, “Let me take it home and repair it.”

Three days went past, and I was _______ to see it again: all the openings were sewed up by thin and _______ thread and they looked like the ice crystal(晶体) on winter’s branches(树枝) in the north. She _______ made a lovely snowman and a wooden house on the blouse. I said with praise, “It’s just as beautiful as a piece of art.”

“I learned from the master. Patches(补丁) can be designed to look perfect.” replied my wife.

Her words taught me even more: perfection is impossible to achieve in everything; patches are unavoidable(避免的), so it is human’s life, which will appear in the form of wound, disability or disease.

_______ you can’t change that, all you can do and have to is to cover the wound by patches and try your best to make a most beautiful flower on the wound, and that is __________ life teaches us. Once you understand it, you can enjoy your life better.