to. I thought I had seen a
gas station there, but. I
thought I had better call my friends. I found a telephone booth and
, but no one
.
Just as I began to walk back to my car, it
. I was soaked to the skin by
. I tried starting my car again, but
. When it finally stopped raining, I got
out of the car to. As I stepped
in front of the car, a truck zoomed by and
. My clothes were drenched again, and my face
. I sputtered and cursed
the truck, just as a car.
By now I was shivering from being so wet and from
. Late fall can be
. I began to walk along the road in the direc-
tion of some bright lights. But I stepped in a puddle of mud and lost
. I searched for
, but it was buried in mud. So I
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