NOT A ROBBER

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 767.

A young man who lived in the suburbs of a big town in England ___ (to go) home from the railway station. It ___ (to be) a dark night and there ___ (to be) nobody in the street. He ___ (to walk) as fast as he ___ (can) when suddenly he ___ (to hear) that somebody ___ (to follow) him. The faster he ___ (to go) the faster the man behind him ___ (to follow) him. The man ___ (to start) to run and the man behind him also ___ (to start) to run. Then at last he ___ (to decide) to turn into a side-street to see what the man ___ (to do). So he ___ (to do) and ___ (to begin) to walk as fast as he ___ (can). After some time the man ___ (to look) back and ___ (to see) that the man ___ still ___ (to follow) him. "That man behind me ___ (to want) to rob me," the first man ___ (to think) and seeing a high wall around a garden he ___ (to jump) over it. The other man ___ (to jump) over the wall too. Now he ___ (to be) quite sure that the man behind him ___ (to be) a robber, but he ___ (cannot) understand why the robber ___(not to be) in a hurry to attack him. The man ___ (not to know) what to do. Then he ___ (to turn) round and ___ (to say), "What ___ you ___ (to want)? Why ___ you ___ (to follow) me?" "___ you always ___ (to go) home like this or ___ you ___ (to have) some exercise in jumping tonight?" the other man ___(to answer). "I ___ (to go) to Mr. White and the man at the station ___ (to tell) me to go after you and that I ___ (to find) the house quite easily as Mr. White ___ (to live) next door to you. Excuse me, please, but ___ you ___ (to have) some more gymnastics or ___ you ___ (to go) straight home?"