(2019·东北三省四市模拟)Shutting the door heavily, sevenyearold Vito stormed into the room after school. He __1__ himself into the sofa and cried loudly, “Dad, I am very __2__.”
Vito's father was quietly listening while working. Vito said, “Joaquin made me lose __3__ in front of my friends. I hope he __4__ a few particularly bad things.”
His father went to a corner, __5__ a bag of coal and said to Vito, “Son, __6__ that white shirt as Joaquin, and the bag of coal as some bad things. Use coal to hit the white shirt. __7__ that every time you hit one on the shirt, Joaquin met with a bad thing. When you finish hitting all the coal, see what will __8__.”
Vito thought the game __9__. He picked up coal to throw at the shirt. However, the shirt was hung in the __10__ rope. He tried again and again. He __11__ throwing all the coal, but only a little on the shirt.
Father asked Vito, “How do you feel now？”
“It __12__ me, but I am happy now.”
Father saw his son did not understand his __13__， so he let Vito look in a large __14__. What he could only see from his face was white __15__.
Then the father said, “You see, the white shirt did not become particularly dirty, but you have become a ‘__16__ person’. You want a lot of bad luck on others; the __17__ is that the most unfortunate thing __18__ on ourselves. There our bad __19__ may cause others to suffer bad luck, but the stains left to us are difficult to __20__.”
