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 It was eight o'clock in the morning and time for me to go to work. I (to look) _____ out of the window. It (to rain) _____ hard. "You (to get) _____ wet through if you (to go) out now," said my mother. "No, I ... I answered, "I (to take) _____ an umbrella." We (to have) _____ five umbrellas in the house, but when I (to want) ______ to take one, I (to find) _____ that there (to be) _____ not one that I could use: they all (to be) _____ torn or broken. So I (to take) _____ them all and (to carry) _____ them to the umbrella maker, saying that I would call for the umbrellas on my way home in the evening. When I (to go) _____ to have lunch in the afternoon, it still (to rain) _____ very hard. I (to go) _____ to the nearest cafe, and (to sit) _____ down at a table. A few minutes later a young woman (to come) _____ in and (to sit) _____ down at the same table with me. When I (to finish) _____ my lunch and (to be) _____ ready to leave, I absent-mindedly (to take) _____ her umbrella and (to start) _____ for the exit. She (to stop) _____ me saying that I (to take) _____ her umbrella. I (to return) _____ the umbrella with many apologies. In the evening I (to go) _____ to the umbrella maker, (to take) _____ my five umbrellas and (to get) _____ on the tram to go home. It so happened that the woman I (to meet) _____ at the cafe (to ride) _____ in the same tram. When she (to see) _____ me with my five umbrellas, she (to say) _____ : "You (to have) _____ a successful day today, (to have not) _____ you?"