11、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 _ _ _ 21 _ _ _ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to touch anything and told them I would be _ _ _ 22 _ _ _ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left them 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 _ _ _ 23 _ _ _ . The car doors were still locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat _ _ _ 24 _ _ _ only two coats. Being frightened, I ran to the corner of the street where there was no sign of them. I _ _ _ 25 _ _ _ up to an old lady nearby and asked whether she had seen two small girls, but she said "No".