“Look，it’s Baldy！”A boy shouted in my direction across the playground.Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱) because of the__1__on my head，it was__2__horrible to hear.I sighed as I headed back to the class.

　　When I was just 20 months old，I suffered serious__3__after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head.I was__4__ to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors__5__ to save my life.“Holly’s very__6__to be alive，” they told Mum and Dad.“But she’ll be__7__ with scars on her head，and of course her hair won’t grow there.”

　　As a child，I cared much about my scars，so I__8__wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.__9__I didn’t，people would call me horrible names like Baldy.Although my friends were always comforting me，they never__10__understood how it felt.

　　Then through the hospital I was__11__ to a children’s burns camp，where children like me can get any help.There，I__12__14­year­old Stephanie，whose burns are a lot more serious than mine.But she is so __13__ that she never lets anyone put her down.“You shouldn’t__14__what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else，Holly，”she__15__me.“And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great __16__ it！”For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something__17__.So weeks later，at my 13th birthday party，__18__by her bravery，I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars.It felt amazing not having to__19__away behind my scarf.

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