Like most July days, it was hotI stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a ch

Like most July days, it was hot．I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream．It was a very   21  store with little round tables and chairs．
As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a  22  near the door．Her back was so 23 twisted （扭曲） by some misfortune that her face nearly  24 the tabletop．1 sat down  25  her a couple of tables away．
Poor woman, I thought．What does she  26 life? Why does God let people live so long past their prime （盛年）?
As I thought, another  27 lady entered the shop and sat down with her．Soon the two of them were  28  childhood days．They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years．In minutes, the two of them were shaking with  29 .
I looked again at the first woman, then in the  30 on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself．I was wearing a dirty shirt．She was  31  dressed in white, her face carefully made up and her hands  32  with gold rings．I was  33 ．She was laughing．I was putting the   34  of my life together．She had millions of   35 memories to recall．  36 I was worried about getting old．She was old, but it wasn't   37  her．As I left the shop, I thought of my  38  question about God letting people live past their prime．Why, that woman was more  39  to life than I was．Age has not  40 her spirit． 
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