She (1)....(hunt) for a book in the airport shops, (2) ....(buy) a bag of cookies and found a place to sit. She (3)....(engross) in her book but happened to see that the man sitting beside her, bold as could be, grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she (4)....(munch) the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy thief diminished her stock. She (5)....(get) more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking. If I wasn't so nice, I (6)....(black) his eye. With each cookie she took, he took one too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face and a nervous laugh, he (7)....(take) the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other. She had never known she could be so angry and turned to gather her belongings. As she reached for her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his and he (8)....(try) to share.

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She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to sit. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see that the man sitting beside her, bold as could be, grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking. If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye. With each cookie she took, he took one too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other. She had never known she could be so angry and turned to gather her belongings. As she reached for her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his and he was trying to share.

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