Fill each blank with one suitable word.
When my mother became .....(1)...   old to live alone, we decided that she ...(2)... stay with us in town. I was surprised at the ...(3)... of furniture she had, but there was no ...(4).... in our flat to store it, so we had to ...(5)... it in her house. I always intended to clear it out and sell the place, but somehow I kept putting it ...(6).... .

                        .....(7)..... night I woke suddenly at four o'clock, almost ...(8)... tears. I was extremely upset ...(9)... a dream in which I saw two men ....(10)... a window, climb ...(11)... my mother's house, and start to take her belongings. Then the ...(12).... must have heard someone's voice outside or a door ...(13)... closed, because they dropped ...(14).... they were carrying and left in a....(15)....  . The dream ....(16)... me feel very guilty that I had not taken better ....(17)... of the house.

                        Later ...(18)... that morning I received a phone call ...(19)... a lady who lived next door ....(20).... the house . .....(21).... my astonishment, she told me that it had ....(22)... broken into during the night. Fortunately, something must have disturbed...(23)... burglar because they left ...(24)... taking anything. I didn't ...(25)... to believe ...(26).... the supernatural but now I am not so sure.