Fill each blank with one suitable word

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.