Ifyouhaveawatch，don'trepairit!Iknowit（41）___．OnceIhadabeautifulwatch．Andthiswatch （42）___perfecttime．ButonenightithappenedthatIforgotto（43）___ itup．NextmorningIwenttoawatchmakerasIwantedmyperfectwatchto （44）___bytheexacttime．Thewatchmakerexaminedmywatchandsaid："Theregulator （校准器） istobepushedup （45）___yourwatchisfourminutes （46）___"．
Itriedtostophim，triedto （47）___himunderstandthatmywatchkeptperfecttime，buthedidnotlistentomeandpushedtheregulator．
Mybeautifulwatchbegantogaintime．It （48）___fasterandfasterdaybyday．Bytheendofthesecondmonthit（49）___alltheclocksandwatchesofthetownfarbehind．
WhatdidIhavetodo？Totakeittoanotherwatchmakertoberegulated．Iexpectedhimtoregulatethewatchimmediately（50）___heaskedmetocomeinaweek'stime．WhenatlastItookmywatchfromhimitbeganto（51）___down．AndIbegantobelatefortrains，businessappointmentsandevenmissedmydinners．
NowIwentto （52）___watchmaker．WhileIwaitedforhimtorepairmypoorwatch，he （53）___ ittopiecesandsaidthathecouldfinishthiswork（54）___threeorfourdays．Icoulddonothingbut（55）___．Thattimemywatchwentforhalfadayandthenstopped．
SoIkept （56）___mywatchfromonewatchmakertoanotherforaconsiderableperiodoftime．
Andasaresultofitthecleverestmanintheworldcouldnot （57）___thetimebymywatch．Thethingwasgetting （58）___．Mywatchhad （59）___twohundreddollarsoriginallybutIpaidforrepairsmorethantwohundred．AtlastIdecidedtobuy（60）___watch，whichIdid．