The story ___2___ like this;

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one moonlit night, a man was walking home along the river ___3___ he saw

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a woman ___4___ on the bridge.

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He could not see her ___5___ because

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she was sitting with her back ___6___ him.

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However, he could see that she was crying ___7___ hysterically that her whole body was shaking.

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The man felt ___8___ for her.

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When he went ___9___ to comfort her,

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she suddenly ___10___ around.

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To his horror, the man ___11___ that she had

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no eyes, no nose and no mouth ___12___ her face!

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___13___ a while the man stood frozen.

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Then he turned and ran away as ___14___ as he could

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until he ___15___ to the nearest inn.

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Once ___16___, he began to stammer out what he had seen,

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for he was trembling ___17___ fear.

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The proprietor of the inn, who had been bending ___18___ to clean the tables,

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straightened ___19___ and asked him,

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"Did she look ___20___ this ?" His face, too, was egg-like. The man fainted!

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