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She was lying down on the bed and heard a noise from outside the door. Somebody was trying to unlock the door. She thought that He must be a robber. She is 72 and lives alone in a small house. She retired 7 years ago. She has not been working for 7 years. There was nothing in her apartment that robber could steal from her. Maybe he would get more angry when he saw the apartment. What could she do If the robber entered the apartment? She couldn’t fight him. She was really frightened. She has not faced with a situation like this in her life. She thought call the police and took the telephone and dial the number. She whispered “Hello. There is somebody out of my apartment and he is trying to enter my apartment. I am afraid and I don’t know what to do, please come here immediately” she hung up the telephone. The nearest police station is at least 11 km to her house. She would be dead until police arrived. She decided to do nothing and pretended to sleep but if the robber comet o her bed and see her defenceless what could he do? There were many thoughts in her mind. She was trying to be logical but she was so confused. Suddenly she went to the kitchen and took a knife. She thought that she can defend herself or the robber may run away when he saw her with the knife. When she grabbed the knife she felt more courage. She took a deep breath and She walked to the door silently. She looked to outside from door viewer and It was unbelievable because there was nobody at outside but she was hearing the same noise. She opened the door and she just saw a cat which plays with a canister. She just laughed so much and she took the cat her apartment.
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A story
She was lying down on the bed and heard a noise from outside the door.
Somebody was trying to unlock the door.
1 She thought that it must be a robber.
2 She was 72 and lived alone in a small house. She had retired 7 years earlier.. She had not been working for 7 years.
3 There was nothing in her apartment that robber could steal from her. Maybe he would get angrier when he saw the apartment.
What could she do If the robber entered the apartment? She couldn’t fight him. She was really frightened. She has not faced with a situation like this in her life. She thought about calling the police and took the telephone and dialed the number. She whispered “Hello. There is somebody outside my apartment and he is trying to enter my apartment. I am afraid and I don’t know what to do, please come here immediately." She hung up the telephone.
2 The nearest police station was at least 11 km from her house.
She would be dead before police arrived. She decided to do nothing and pretended to sleep
2 but if the robber came to her bed and saw her defenseless, what could she do?
There were many thoughts in her mind. She was trying to be logical but she was so confused. Suddenly she went to the kitchen and took a knife. She thought that she can defend herself or the robber may run away when he saw her with the knife. When she grabbed the knife she felt more courage. She took a deep breath and she walked to the door silently. She looked out the peephole and It was unbelievable because there was nobody at outside but she was hearing the same noise. She opened the door
2 and she just saw a cat which was playing with a canister. She just laughed so much and she took the cat into her apartment.
1 it = you don't now if it is a man or woman
2 Because you began the story in the past, you should continue using the past.
3 Most two-syllable words form the comparative with "-er".
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