Part 6

Questions 27-32
For each question, write the correct answer. Write one word for each gap.

Stories Worth Sharing

Somehow, I really got into collecting stories from taxi drivers. Not the usual complaints about traffic or passengers who smell of cigarettes. Instead, I asked every driver the same question: what is the strangest thing someone has left 27 your cab? The answers went into a small notebook that I kept in my coat pocket.

The first answer came 28 a driver who had found a prosthetic leg. The passenger had not noticed until the next morning. By then, the leg was already in the lost property office. Another driver told me 29 a suitcase full of marbles. He said it made a terrible noise every time he turned a corner.

I have filled three notebooks now. Most items are ordinary – phones, keys, a single shoe. But 30 once, someone left a live parrot in a cage. The driver did not realise until the bird started speaking. It said “left turn” over and over, 31 if it had learned navigation from watching the driver.

I never expected to learn anything about people from 32 they forget. But reading back through the notebooks, I notice something. Nobody ever leaves the things that really matter. Only the things they can live without.

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