Six-year-old Ryan Coutinho wasn't used to smiling. He felt 1 after losing almost all histeeth at the age of three. Now he does. And he is always 2 to Amanda Mattos.
The boy lives in a3 family. He had his teeth pulled out because of cavities(蛀牙). Only afew on his lower part remained. Ms. Mattos,25, met Ryan at the boy's school for the first time two yearsago, where Ryan's teacher told Mattos he4 smiled and communicated little. Ms Mattos wouldlike to5 the boy after contacting his mother, but his mother6 the offer."They couldn'tafford the7 ,"the dentist said."They were still shaken by the8 that took his teeth out."
Ryan's story could have9 here:>But two years later, by accident, his mother got a job as acleaner at the10 , which Ms. Mattos owns. The boy had a pain in one of his remaining teeth. Hewent to the clinic for a(an)11 1 and met Ms Mattos again."I asked him what he wanted. He replied:‘a smile like my friends',"the dentist said.
Ms. Mattos agreed to do it for free. The mother happily12 the kindness. Then, two days afterBrazil's Children's Day, Ryan finally got a new denture(假牙)."We all cried. It was very moving,"Ryan's mother said.
"All this is13 ,"Ms. Mattos says."Isn't it pleasant if someone14 smile because ofyour15 ?"
