8、One night, a thief broke into an old man's house. He _ _ _ 21 _ _ _ a noise and woke up the old man and his wife. The husband told his wife to be silent, while he said loudly, “My dear, these days thieves are cleverer. If they take _ _ _ 22 _ _ _ their clothes and put them on the table, the people in the room will fall asleep and can't wake up.”
When the thief _ _ _ 23 _ _ _ this, he took off his clothes at once and was ready to set out to work. At this _ _ _ 24 _ _ _ , the husband suddenly shouted in a loud voice:“Stop thief! Stop thief!” The thief was very frightened. He ran away as fast as be could and _ _ _ 25 _ _ _ his clothes on the table.