Complete the story with the Past Simple forms of the verbs in brackets.

Write one word in each gap.

My family and I were camping at the lake in Virginia. It [ ] **** (to be) evening, and we were doing typical activities: playing games, having dinner, and telling stories.

Suddenly, we [ ] **** (to hear) something that sounded like a little girl calling for help. We [ ] (to search) the area and [ ] (to see) a tall, skinny, white figure making noises in the nearby field. As we [ ] (to come) up to it, the figure [ ] (to back) off and [ ] (to disappear) into the trees. We [ ] (to get) scared and [ ] (to decide) to leave the place. Throughout the next several minutes, we [ ] **** (to continue) to hear the little girl's cries for help.