2 . Evening came. It was time for Mr. Bell to close his shop. He was checking his money. His son Tom, who was 15, had just gone outside to buy a newspaper. Just then, a big man walked _______ the shop. He had a gun (枪) in his hand.

When Tom came back, he could hear the man asking his father for _______. Tom could see the gun in the man’s hand, but the man didn’t _______ or hear Tom.

Tom hurried up to the street. He looked for the police, _______ he didn’t find any. Then Tom saw an old baseball bat _______ on the street. “Maybe this will help,” he thought. He ran _______ with it.

His father was just giving some of the money to the man. The man was watching Tom’s father. Tom knew he could not _______ long. “Now is the time. I must do it now.” Tom walked up to the man and knocked him down _______ the bat.

Tom and his father then ran outside. This time they found the _______ and told them what had happened. The police __________ went to the shop and caught the man.