Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain hard so I decided I would leave the children in the car 1 I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to 2 anything and told them I would be back within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left 3 happily looking out of the window. I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had disappeared! I could hardly believe my 4 . The car doors were 5 locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat were only two coats. Being frightened, I ran to the corner of the street 6 there was no sign of them. I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked 7 she had seen two small girls but she said “ No ”. Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver's seat, and tried to stop trembling( 发抖 ). Suddenly, I heard a merry laugh 8 me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot( 车尾行李箱 ) and 9 were two very red ­ face and excited children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, 10 behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. With tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.