1. I did just that but in my .......... . I dropped a small packet that fell into a puddle.

2. I didn't have the courage to make another assault on the house. Instead I took it home to .......... it out.

3. I knew if I told Ted he would talk a lot about being strictly against the rules but I was convinced it didn't

4. In my kitchen I looked at the address and saw the recipient was a Master Richard. I was ashamed of my .......... .

5. and thought I was depriving a young child of his Christmas present from some loving .......... .

6. I rubbed the package with a towel and went quickly again to number 56 hurrying down the path in the true .......... of the season,

7. clutching the precious bundle in my hand I .......... it through the letter box

8. expecting to hear a happy .......... of surprise from young Richard. As I hurried away

9. to the sound of the .......... dog, I knocked by accident the garden gate just in time to hear a voice shouting:

10. Master Richard! When will that woman realise I'm over fifty and can't .......... knitted socks!