

Kate had been waiting (1)………..…. a friend of her father’s to collect her from the bus station for more (2)………..…. an hour, and she was tired (3)………..…. waiting. There was (4)………..…. else there, and it had (5)………..…. raining. A friend of hers had lent her an umbrella to take on her trip, but she seemed to be getting wet. Perhaps her father was angry (6)………..…. her, she thought, or had simply forgotten to collect her. There wasn’t even a phone-box in the bus station. Why did (7)………..…. always go wrong when she traveled by bus? Either the bus was crowded and she felt very uncomfortable, or it (8)………..…. stopping and the journey lasted for hours. Suddenly she (9)………..…. a car stopping outside. (10)………..…. was waving at her. It was her father!