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It was a summer evening． I was sitting by the open window, reading a (36)____ Suddenly, I heard someone crying, "Help! Help!" It came from the tree at the other end of the yard． I(37)____but it was too dark to see anything clearly． Almost (38)____I heard the cry again． It (39)____ like a child, but I could not imagine what anybody would be doing in our backyard．
I decided to go out and have a (40)____ in the yard, just(41)____ someone was in trouble． I got a flashlight and a (42)____ and went out into the yard．(43)____ I heard the cry． "Who´ s there?" I (44)____ as I walked across the yard toward the trees． But there was no (45)____． With the help of my flashlight, I (46)____ all over that end of the yard． There was no (47)____ of anybody or any-thing． I came to the conclusion that my (48)____ was playing tricks on me, probably because of the story I was reading about strange beings on the moon．
Feeling rather (49)____ about walking around in my own backyard with a stick, I went back in-to the (50)____． I had just sat down to read my book again when I was (51)____ by the cry of "Help!
Help!" this time from right behind me． I (52)____ my book and jumped up． There, sitting on the table, was a large parrot, a bird that can copy human (53)____ ! While I was out in the yard, it must have (54)____the light in the living room and(55)____ through the open window．
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