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People often complain about airline companies losing their suitcases when they fly. It’s n1． happened to me, but something a lot worse happened to my family recently.

About ten years ago my mum got a job teaching at a university in Thailand. At first she only went for six months, but she really liked it and a2． to stay longer, so we all went to live with her. We had a great time, but last year my parents decided that they wanted to r3． to the UK. Because we’d been there so long, we had loads of things we wanted to take back with us—all the furniture from our house, in fact.

So Mum and Dad went to a shipping company and arranged to take e4． back in one of those big containers that you see on ships. The company packed everything into it: the armchairs and sofas, the TV, wardrobes, desks, e5． all the rugs and curtains. Our whole house was inside that big green metal box.

We flew back to the UK and waited for the container to a6．. About ten weeks later, we were having breakfast one morning when a big lorry arrived outside our house. On the back was a big green metal box. We were so excited. The men opened the container and started to take out our things. But they weren’t our things. The container was full of gym equipment. It was the w7． one. We were so upset.

But the story has a happy ending. The men took the container and gym equipment away, and about two months ago our things finally arrived.