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     One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming(宣告) that he had the

most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd   1   (gather), and they all admired his heart

for it was perfect.

     Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, "Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 2." The

crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart, which was full of scars. It had places where

pieces had been removed and other   3  (piece) put in, but they didn't fit quite right, and there were

several jagged(锯齿状的) edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges(沟槽) where

whole pieces were   4 (miss).

     The young man laughed. "Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess

of scars."

     "Yes," said the old man, "Yours looks perfect   5   I would never trade with you. You see, every

scar represents a person to 6  I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them,

and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. But because the

pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of   7   love

we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a

piece of his or her heart   8   me. These are the empty gouges. Although these gouges are painful,

they stay open,   9   (remind) me of the love I have for those people. So now do you see   10   true

beauty is?"