We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days something unusual is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(happen) in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the town newspaper, he said, "Every night we hear strange noises outside {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(we) window. My wife thinks that it could be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called the policemen, but they couldn't find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don't think so!"

    Victor's next-door neighbor Helen is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(worry), too. "At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn't see a dog or anything else, either. So I guess it can't be a dog. But then, what could it be?" One woman in the area {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(see) something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure." I think it was too big to be a dog," she said." Maybe it {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) a bear or a wolf."

    Everyone in our town is feeling{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy), and everyone has his or her ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal {#blank#}10{#/blank#}person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.

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