Fill in the Blanks On the face of itOnline version Summary by Prem Kumar J 1 The story starts with a ( 1 ) boy who enters a garden . Due to an accident when acid ( 2 ) on his face and got burned on one side . He was afraid of facing people that ? s why he has gone there to hide . Because other people ( 3 ) him for having such a face . Upon entering the garden , he finds someone already presents there . Hence , he tries to leave but the old man , Mr . Lamb stops him . Not arriving without ( 4 ) Derry feels guilty . However , Mr . Lamb welcomes him in his garden and tells him not to leave just because of his ( 5 ) . People don ? t like his face that ? s what Derry think and that ? s why he wants to leave . Then again Mr . Lamb asks him to stay there . After that , they start having a ( 6 ) that how no one like Derry and how he hates people ( 7 ) like this with him . Also , Mr . Lamb attempts to ( 8 ) him . Mr . Lamb state to him that he has a tin leg and how kids make fun of him . Yet he enjoys his life to the fullest . Their conversation went on and on and ( 9 ) various things about Derry ? s fear , hatred , and ( 10 ) about being in such a condition . Also , Mr . Lamb keeps on telling him to think about the positive things . Before long they became friends and Mr . Lamb asks Derry to ( 11 ) him in plucking the crab apples of his garden . Derry state to him that he had come too far from his home and hadn ? t told anything about this to his mother . So , Mr . Lamb asks him to take permission from his mother . Bur Derry finds it ( 12 ) and this leads to a small ( 13 ) between both of them . Eventually , Derry agrees and tells Mr . Lamb that he would come back after asking permission from his mother . However , his mother does not want him to go but he came back to ( 14 ) his promise . In the meantime , Mr . Lamb climbs a ladder on his own to ( 15 ) the crab apples as he was sure that Derry would not return . Moreover , because of his ( 16 ) , it was difficult for him to climb . So , he slips from the ladder and dies . On the other hand , Derry ( 17 ) to the garden to help him but on entering the garden he sees him lying on the floor . Further , he ( 18 ) to move him but didn ? t get any ( 19 ) from him . In the end , he came to know that he is dead and starts ( 20 ) .