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　　It happened at about 6 yesterday evening, when I was coming home from work. Whenever I can, I walk to work except when it's __1__ because I like the exercise. I was coming down Station Road, and just as I was walking past No.38, I heard a noise. It was such a loud noise that I __2__ I knew that a lot of people lived alone on this street, so I was a bit worried. At first, I didn't know what to do. I went up to the front door and listened to see if I could hear something. __3__ the front door was open, so I __4__ the door and went in. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything, although my __5__ soon got used to it.

　　I went into the kitchen, and there on the __6__ lay an old woman. __7__ she had been badly beaten up, she was still alive luckily. I __8__ her phone and dialed 999. I stayed with her until the ambulance arrived. And later when the __9__ came, she had woken up and told them about what had happened. Actually, she had been working in her __10__ when a man jumped on her. She didn't see him, and she didn't hear him, either.

　　The old woman is now in hospital, and I hope she will be well soon.