Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into 36 ．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 37 ．
The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the opening and said, ' 38I can do except replace the upper．' His looked at them and said to me, 'If you 39me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．'
I was40and asked why．
He explained, 'As if the openings were made 41for the sake of special style and reuse．'
Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 42shoe, but all the openings were patched （打补丁） by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread,43more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 44the 's skill．
Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back．My wife45the blouse carefully, and then said, 'Let me take it46 _ and mend it．'
Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and47thread and they 48a look of ice crystal （冰晶） hanging from a winter's branch． 49, she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 50with praise, 'It's just as beautiful as a piece of 51!'
'I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 52 , but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection,' replied my wife．
Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is 53to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't54the existence of wound, you should not expect people's55by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．
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