The time l. ________ Elias first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period in his life. Mandela was
the black lawyer 2. ________ ________ he went for advice. Mandela was generous with his time, 3.________
_________ Elias was grateful.
     Elias had very little education. The school 4. ________ Elias studied for only two years was three kilometers
away. The reason 5.________ he had to leave was that his family couldn't continue to pay the school fees and
the bus fare. After trying hard, Elias got a job in a gold mine. However, this was a time 6.________ one had
got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Elias didn't have it and worried about whether he would be out
of work.
     The day 7.________ Nelson Mandela helped him was one of his happiest. When Mandela organized the
ANC Youth League, Elias joined it as soon as possible. Mandela said," The last thirty years have seen the greatest
number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage 8.________ we have
almost no rights at all. We were put into a position 9.________ ________ we had either to accept we were less
important, or fight the government..." Elias never forgot how kind Mandela was.