Read the text and complete it with the given phrases
- their two children
- 6 days a week
- only on Sundays
- returned home
- was keen on collecting
- took no interest in
- was a housewife
- fond of talking
- did the same
- never returned
- his only friend
- with no home address
- in the envelope
- alive and happy
There was a family of four, Mr and Mrs Porter and [ ] – Mary and Charles. Mr Porter worked in an office and spent [ ] there. He didn't work [ ]. He [ ] very late. He had a hobby. Mr Porter [ ] stamps. His wife and his children [ ] this hobby. He was sorry about it. His wife didn't work. Mrs Porter [ ]. She was [ ] and never thought of her husband's wishes. His children [ ]. Then, one day Mr Porter left his home and [ ]. Nobody knew where he was. Some years passed and then his cousin, [ ] who was also fond of collecting stamps, got a letter [ ]. But there were some stamps [ ]. So Mr Porter was [ ] after all.