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Mrs Hammond was old and blind, but she was determined to do everything for herself.She even used to go for walks by herself once a day for 1 , and found her way by touching things with her white stick.She learned 2 everything was, so she never lost her way.
One day, some men came and cut down some of the familiar 3 at the side of one of the paths which she 4 .When she reached that place that evening, she did not feel the trees with her stick, so she was in 5 .
She waited for a while and listened, but did not 6 any other people, so she went for a kilometre or two.And then she heard 7 beneath her.
“Am I 8 ?I suppose so, ”she said, “I must be on a 9 , and there must be a river under me.I've been told that there's a river in this part of the country, but I don't know its exact 10 .How am I going to get 11 to my house from here?”: All at once she heard a man's friendly 12 near her.“Excuse me, can I help you?”
“How kind of you!” Mrs Hammond answered.“Yes, please.Some of the trees which I follow have been 13 today, and if I hadn't been lucky enough to meet you, I don't know 14 I'd have done.Can you please 15 me to get home?“Certainly, ”the man answered.“Where do you live?”
Mrs Hammond told him, and the man took her to her house.She told the man how 16 she was that she had met him.But the man said, “I want to 17 you.”Mrs Hammond asked, “Whatever for?”
“Well, ” the man said quietly, “I was balanced on the edge of that bridge for ages in the 18 , because I was trying to make up my mind to 19 myself into the river and drown myself. 20 I'm not going to do it now.”
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