When the boys reached home, it was seven o’clock. It was dark outside ____there was a light inside their home and the door was open. They could see a man inside.
“Who can it be?” said Peter, “Mother and Father __________(go) out to do some shopping. They won’t be home ______eight o’clock.”
When the man saw Peter, he looked _________ (fright). Then he smiled and said. “Come in! You don’t know me, but I’m __ friend of your father’s.” The man didn’t see John.
Peter went inside and began talking to the man but John didn’t. He quickly but quietly ran off.
He soon found a policeman and brought him back to their home. The man was still there, but _____he saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman caught him ___ the arm. Just then the boys’ parents returned.
“Is the man your friend?” The policeman asked Mr. Turner.
“No, I don’t know ____at all.”
Then the man ________(take) away by the policeman. Mr. Turner praised his sons for their courage and ______ (clever).