once upon a distant time, people made love by giving up some part of their bodies to their lovers. everyone
1 leather bags into which their mates placed some part of their bodies as they made love. a fingernail or
2(线,串) of hair, an
eyelash(睫毛) or a bit of skin were commonly exchanged.
but it was not
3 to hear of fingers or ears or a whole arm or leg being slipped into a bag in moments of great love or great passion. there were even a few stories of lovers who actually climbed into the leather bags and disappeared,
4 swept away by their emotions.
the donated body parts sometimes
5 6, the
handicap(妨碍,不利条件) 7 by their love. of course, those who climbed into the leather bags of another never emerged again. it was commonly thought that such people were reborn, perhaps as a family member of their lovers .
in those days the phrases "giving yourself to your lover" and "making sacrifices for love" were taken quit e literally.