Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his ________ and say, “Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?”

I was ________ to do it. At age five, this boring task brought me such ________ . I would excitedly turn the tap ________   and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad. He would ________ at me and place the comb on his wallet.

Two years later, Dad started his own ________ which wasn’t doing so well. That was when things started to ________ . Dad didn’t come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became ________ with him for placing our family in trouble. With   ________ , an uncomfortable silence grew between us.

After my graduation, Dad’s business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home________. As usually I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, “Hey, would you help me ________ my comb?” I looked at him a while, then ________ the comb and headed to the sink.

It hit me then: why, as a child, ________ Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine (惯例) meant Dad was home early to ________ the evening with Mum and me. It ________ a happy and loving family.

I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and ________ placed his comb on his wallet. But this time, I noticed something ________ . Dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled, ________ his smile was still as ________ as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good ________ for his family.

My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such a(n) ________.

She ________ a small shop at a flea market and collected old clothes and other things to sell for the money we needed. Once during elementary school, my mom came. I was so embarrassed and ________ how she could do this to me. I ________ her a hateful look and ran out.

I told myself that I would become ________ in the future, so I studied very hard. Later I was ________ into the Seoul University. I left my mother and came to Seoul to study. I bought a house of my own. I was living ________ as a successful man.

Then, I got married. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the ________. Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn't seen me in years and she didn't ________ meet her grandchildren.

When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming over ________. I screamed at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!”

And to this, my mother quietly answered, “Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong ________.” and she disappeared out of sight.

One day, a letter ________a school reunion came to my house. I went back to participate in the ________. After that, I went down to the old ________ house where we used to live, just out of curiosity. There I found my mom ________on the cold ground, with a piece of paper in her hand. It was a letter to me.

I think my life has been ________enough now, and I won't visit Seoul anymore. But I miss you so much.

You see, when you were very little, you got into an ________and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn't ________watching you having to grow up with only one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son to see a whole new world for me with that eye. I was never ________at you for anything you did.

Don't ________ for me because of my death. I love you so much.

It was the day I graduated from university. The car I was driving ______ an old black truck, bending the driver’s door of my car. It was my dad’s car which I shouldn’t have been driving, but now I had ______ it.

The driver climbed out of his truck, slowly and ______ , and looked at the damage. I sat there crying. My lip was bleeding because I’d bitten it. He was in a hurry to leave, so we managed to exchange names and phone numbers before he ______ . I inspected the ______ door, with tears flowing down my face. But I knew I must go home sooner or later.

My mom ______ when I walked in the door, “What on earth happened?” I hung my ______ and my eyes were filled with tears. I replied, “I ______ Dad’s car.” She rushed to Dad who was cooking. “Stop cooking. We’re not going to eat. Jean has destroyed your car.” He looked at Mom and ______ said, “Is she hurt?” My mom said, “No, ______biting her lip.” “Well, then, what does that have to do with eating dinner?” He flipped a burger, then put his arm around me and said, “Let’s go in and ______ all about this, if you’re sure you’re all right.” I nodded. I pressed ______ to my lip while my dad smiled at me and whispered, “The car can be ______ , but our emotion cannot.”

I graduated that evening with my family in ______ . University taught me what is important in books. Dad taught me to value what is ______ in life.