It was eight o'clock in the morning and time for me to go to work. i (to look) out of the window. it (to rain) hard. «you (to get) wet through if you (to go) out now,» said my mother. «no, » i answered, «i (to take) an umbrella.» we (to have) five umbrellas in the house, but when i (to want) to take one, i (to find) that there (to be) not one that i could use: they all (to be) torn or broken. so i (to take) them all and (to carry) them to the umbrella-maker, saying that i would call for the umbrellas on my way home in the evening. when i (to go) to have lunch in the afternoon, it still (to rain) very hard. i (to go) to the nearest cafe, and (to sit) down at a table. a few minutes later a young woman (to come) in and (to sit) down at the same table with me. when i (to finish) my lunch and (to be) ready to leave, i absent-mindedly (to take) her umbrella and (to start) for the exit. she (to stop) me saying that i (to take) her umbrella. i (to return) the umbrella with many apologies. in the evening i (to go) to the umbrella-maker, (to take) my five umbrellas and (to get) on the tram to go home. it so happened that the woman i (to meet) at the cafe (to ride) in the same tram. when she (to see) me with my five umbrellas, she (to say): «you (to have) a successful day today, (to have not) you? »
