“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When the baby was placed in her arms, she was   10 . The baby had been born without ears. Time   11  that the baby’s hearing was perfect. It was only his   12  that was damaged. When he rushed home from school one day and     13  himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed,   14  that he would have many heartbreaks in his life. He grew up and became a(n)   15  with his classmates. He might   16  have been class president, but for that. The boy’s father   17  with the family physician in secret. “Could   18  be done?” the father asked.