1. I was about to go to bed to get some rest for the night. 2. Then I heard a tapping sound coming from my bedroom window. 3. I shouted "Who's there?" in an attempt to identify the source of the noise.

1. Rearrange the jumbled up words and phrases.
Example:
a dark and stormy /It was/ night/
It was a dark a stormy night.
1. I was about/to bed/to go/
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2. a tapping sound / Then I heard / on my window/
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3. shouted/"Who's there?"/ I
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4. a flash of lightning/ Suddenly/ I saw/ at the window/
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5. which I had seen /television show/It looked/ like an alien / on the/
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6. scared /I felt /very
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7. I ran /to my bed / Then/
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8. I started / for my parents / to shout/
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9. there was/no answer/Unfortunately/
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10. I remembered /Then / that they were at/ a fancy dress party/
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11. I peeped out/ too dark/ of my blanket/ to see anything/ but it was/
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12. footsteps/Then/ I heard
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13. They / louder and louder/ were getting/
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2. 14. It was dark / the way to my drawer /where I kept/ but I knew/my camera
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15. I went / to take pictures/ and started/ to the window/
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16. died off /Soon /the footsteps/
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17. The/ struck/grandfather clock
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18. It/ 12 midnight/ was
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19. and tried to sleep/ I went back/ to my bed/
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20. could not / But/ I / sleep/
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21. too /frightened/ I felt/
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22. I sat up,/ was full of thoughts/ and my mind/
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23. Finally, fell asleep /I
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24. only after eight/ and decided to investigate /I woke up /
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3. 25. I found/ outside my bedroom window/some footprints/
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26. with a tape/ I measured them/ to be exactly the same size/ as my father's shoes/ and
found them
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27. The footprints/ at the door/ ended / of my house/
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28. to get the film developed/ I then /went to town
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29. when I saw / the photos/ But/ I was shocked
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30. I could hardly/ They were black/ and/ see anything
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31. use the flash/that I did not/ Then/ I remembered/
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32. I told my father/ When I reached home/ the whole incident /and /he started to laugh
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33. When he told me that /I started/ laughing too /as an alien for the party/ he had dressed
up
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34. of my own father/Today/ to think /I was still amused /that I was afraid
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