Usually I wouldn’t cross the park at this time of night. But walking around the park would take more time, and it was raining so hard that I couldn’t even see clearly what was right before me. So I entered the park. And that was the first stupid thing I did tonight.
Soon after I walked into the park, I saw a man under a tree up ahead. My heart fell. The stories I’d heard about the park 38 into my head at this moment. Anyone with a clear mind would just turn back. But me? No. I did 39 stupid thing: I decided to hurry past him.
Just when I was passing the man, he raised his head and gave me the strangest smile ever. I got scared and started running. “Hey!” the man shouted from behind. “Wait!” He was running after me!
I ran like crazy. I had hoped the trees would keep some rain off. And they 40 . But they also made the park look even darker. I couldn’t see what was ahead of me. Then, I ran into something. It was the man!
“Don’t kill me!” I cried.
“What? I 41 to give back your bag! You dropped it,” the man gave me my bag. Now, I felt saying that to the man was the stupidest thing I did tonight.
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