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- be a local curse
- give her such a fright
- sleep on the ground
- pile up some wood
- have the first warm meal
- walk for some time
- live there for ages
- make for the trip
- hope to find
- listen to it for some time

They 1_______ when Mary suggested having a short break. She gave the others some sandwiches she 2_______. Everyone agreed they needed to find a suitable place to spend the night and after a couple of minutes they set out again. Going down the slope, they noticed a lonely cottage on the edge of the forest. John knocked on the heavy, wooden door, but there was no answer. Then he pushed it open. The door opened noiselessly and they went inside. The interior looked messy, as if no one 3______ but offered much more than they 4______. There was a table with two chairs, a small fireplace and a huge mirror that took up the whole wall. There wasn't a bed, but the wooden floor was better in any event than the wet and cold forest ground. They quickly made themselves as comfortable as it was possible. Paul lit a fire, which was very easy because someone 5_____ next to the fireplace. After they 6________ that day, everybody settled down for a rest. Exhausted and weary, they quickly fell asleep. However, they were all awakened in the middle of the night by an unpleasant scratching sound. Helen told them that she 7_______ but was too scared to go and check it out. Peter and George decided to see what was going on. But as soon as they put on the torches, Mary screamed. She pointed at the mirror. When they all looked at it, they realised what 8______. They could see a reflection of themselves in the mirror, but of nothing else. It looked as if they were standing in the middle of nowhere. When the girls stopped screaming, they quickly grabbed their things to leave the house immediately but the heavy, wooden door wouldn't open. Scared to death, they decided to keep their torches on and stay awake till dawn. It wasn't long before they all felt oddly lethargic and fell into a heavy, dreamless sleep. When they woke up, it must have been around midday as the sun was shining straight above them. They looked around and saw they 9______ with all their things arranged in the same way as in the house. Later that day, when they finally reached a village and told the people about the cottage, they were told that this cottage 10______ for decades.