He's an old cobbler in Paris.When I took him my shoes,he at first told me,"I haven't time.Take them to__56__other fellow on the main street.He will fix them for you right away."
But I had had my eye on his shop for a long time.Just looking at his bench__57____(load)with tools and pieces of leather,I knew the craftsman was rather__58___(skill)."No,"I replied,"the other fellow can't do it well."
The fellow he mentioned is one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys.They work___59__(careless),and when they have finished sewing a sandal strap,you might as well just throw away the pair.The reason__60___I wanted to have my shoes repaired in the shop is that the man works very carefully.
The man__61___(have)me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said,"Come back tomorrow."
I was about to leave__62____he took a pair of soft leather__63____(boot)off a shelf.
"See what I can do?"he said with pride."Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work."
When I got back into the street,the world seemed brand-new to me.He was something out of an ancient legend,this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly,his very strange,dusty hat,his funny accent and,__64___all,his pride in his craft.
In such a period it is a race comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest__65___(satisfy)from pride in a job well done.