In the past there lived a man in a small town called Zheng. One day he ____to buy himself a new pair of shoes. He measured (测量) his feet with a ruler first and wrote down his ____ on a piece of paper. Then he went shoe shopping.

    When he arrived at the shoe shop, he reached into his pocket (口袋), but he ____the paper was not there. So he said to the salesman, "I have left the measurement at home and don't ____the size. I'll go back home to take it."____these words, he ran out of the shop.

    He ran back home, found the paper and then ran to the shop ____. But it took him a few hours and the shop was closed (关闭). He____the afternoon on the way and did not buy his shoes at last.

    Someone asked ____ "Did you want to buy the shoes for yourself?"

    "Of course," he answered.

    "Then ____ don't you try the shoes on by yourself?"

    "I trust (相信) the ruler ____ than my feet," he said.