At the exit，the freezing wind__3__him of his gloves.He was sure he was wearing them when entering the__4__.He made a search of his pockets.Then he thought they must have been__5__somewhere in the store.George had bought the black gloves for $35 ten years ago.They were leather，soft and durable.Until then，he had worn cheaper man­made material that never lasted long.His__6__to buy the gloves turned out to be good，which even__7__his position on the bus，as poorer passengers stared at him__8__.

　　George re­entered the store.He followed the same__9__he had walked before，__10__at the bread counter，to the dairy section，to the shelf where salt and sugar were placed.It did not take long to be__11__that the gloves were not there.His__12__grew heavier.“People have changed，” he__13__.“Years ago，if somebody__14__something lost，they would give it back.”

　　Yet he did not give up.This time he focused on the gloves on other shoppers’

　　__15__.Suddenly he__16__a lady nearby wearing a black pair of gloves.He said，“Hi！” But when the surprised lady returned his__17__，his eyes dropped to the floor，for the fingers of her gloves were too small for him.

　　Without gloves，he had to__18__his hands into his sleeves.Back home，George was__19__.He could not do without gloves.George decided to buy another leather pair.But before that，he stepped into Value Mart again to see if by any__20__his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office.The girl looked into her drawer and took out a pair of men’s leather gloves.“Are they？”

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