, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two   27    were more than Al could handle, and he   28    to alcohol.In time Al __29

　　an alcoholic.

　　       As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he   30

　　  — his home, his land, his art works everything.   31    Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

　　       When I heard of Al's death, I thought that Al's life was a complete

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　　.

　　I thought. "What a totally wasted life".

　　       As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier judgment.I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie.He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have

　　33

　　known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free   34   of love between them.I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.

　　I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father.One day I worked 35

　　my courage to ask him."I'm really

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　　by something," I said."I know your father was  37

　　the only one to raise you.What on earth did he do that you became such a special person?"

　　       Ernie sat quietly and

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　　for a few moments. Then he said, "From my earliest __39

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