Complete the story with verbs in the box. Use the past simple. 
( arrive – ask – be – decide – notice – phone – shout)

 

Sam McKinley, 23, is a postman. He’s from Houston, Texas, but he works in Washington. One Friday afternoon he was at work. He wasn’t very happy, and he wanted to go home to Houston for the weekend and see his parents.

Plane tickets from Washington to Houston are very expensive, so he _______ to get into a big box and post himself to Houston by airmail. It was the cheapest way to fly.

Later that day, he was on the plane to Houston. He was in a box for fifteen hours with no food or water. Nobody ______ him in the box.

The next day, the box ______ in Houston. Dwayne Jefferson, a postman in Houston, carried the large box in his van to Mr. and Mrs. McKinley’s house.

When he ______ at their house, he suddenly _______ two eyes in the box.

He _______ there was a dead person inside, so he _______ the police. A few minutes later Sam opened the box and _______. Surprise.

After that, the police ______. They ______ Sam lots of questions. In the end Sam stayed in prison for the rest of the weekend.