Usually I wouldn’t cross the park at this time of night. But walking around the park would take more time, and it was raining so hard that I couldn’t even see clearly what was right before me. So I entered the park. And that was the first stupid thing I did tonight.

Soon after I walked into the park, I saw a man under a tree up ahead. My heart fell. The stories I’d heard about the park 1 into my head at this moment. Anyone with a clear mind would just turn back. But me? No. I did 2 stupid thing: I decided to hurry past him.

Just when I was passing the man, he raised his head and gave me the strangest smile ever. I got scared and started running. “Hey!” the man shouted from behind. “Wait!” He was running after me!

I ran like crazy. I had hoped the trees would keep some rain off. And they 3 . But they also made the park look even darker. I couldn’t see what was ahead of me. Then, I ran into something. It was the man!

“Don’t kill me!” I cried.

“What? I 4 to give back your bag! You dropped it,” the man gave me my bag.

Now, I felt saying that to the man was the stupidest thing I did tonight.