| Last Tuesday I took my two nieces , aged three and five, to town in the car. It began to rain heavily so I decided 9 , while I rushed into shop. ?I told the girls I would be back in a few minutes and asked them not to touch anything. Then I locked all the doors and left. I was back at the car in less than five minutes 10 ! I could hardly believe my eyes. The car doors were still locked , the windows tightly shut, and on the back seat were their two jackets. 11 , I ran to the corner of the street but there was no sign of them, I rushed up to a couple of passer-by and asked in vain whether 12 . Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, trying to stop trembling. Suddenly , behind me I heard a tapping noise and laughter. I jumped out of the car , ran round to open the trunk and there inside 13 . They had apparently pulled out the back seat, crawled behind it, and then had not been able to push the seat forward again. I almost wept with relief. |