George selected his food in Value Mart carefully. He estimated he had__1__80 cents today. He was pleased he had got good__2__for his money again.
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.”
