1 . Unchangeable Love

One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting.

I was expecting a quiet_______of the splendid artwork.

A young_______viewing the paintings ahead of me_______nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man’s _______for putting up with her_______stream of words, _______by their noise, I moved on.

I met them several times as I moved _______the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away___________.

I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a _______when the couple approached the__________. Before they left, the man __________into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He____________ it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the __________to get his wife’s jacket.

“He’s a __________man.” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in ____________there is a new art show.”

“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked, “He can't see.”

“Can’t see! You’re__________. He sees a lot. More than you and I do,” the clerk said, “His wife __________ each pointing so he can see it in his head.”

I learned something about patience, __________and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without __________ and the courage of a husband who would not____________blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, hand in hand.

2 . Manuela got up earlier and bought two bags of cat food. She began going to the__________ barbershop on the corner, making her weekly visit to see Hussein, the old barber. Hussein was both__________ and delighted to see Manuela and the bags of food. The two hurried over to the tiny food dishes lined up in the alley. Several __________ appeared soon.

As the two _________ and made their way back inside the shop, Hussein’s smile __________ and he explained he was about to   _________ the barbershop. He had been told to leave within 7 days. His ___________barbershop simply couldn’t pay enough rent and the landlord had invited another roomer, one who wouldn't be __________ animals outside.

Manuela’s eyes began to___________ as Hussein expressed his___________ about the homeless cats he cared for. But as fate(命运) would have it, there was something better___________ for the barber and his cats. As Manuela’s blog supporters read her___________ about Hussein, they, one after another,__________ donating to him and his cats. Every day for the next week, Manuela went to Hussein with the__________ . And on the fourth day, something unbelievable happened when Hussein was able to____________a storefront in an old building near his shop. No electricity,___________ there was potential. Manuela and other people __________ to help paint and clear rubbish while electricians made all the necessary__________ .

In less than two weeks, the barber was back in___________ again. Through the kindness of strangers, _________ , his and his cats' whole world was brought back.