Sometime ago the author discovered that one of his chairs had ________, so he decided to ________ in one of the antique shops near his flat. But contrary to his expectation, no proprietor gave him a ________. He came to the conclusion: _______________. Finally he succeeded in getting his broken chair mended but in a quite amusing way: First he ________ this chair to a proprietor and then bought it ________, of course, at a ________ price. Because he realized that no antique shop would do ________. This episode shows the importance of flexibility.