Pat 1.has had a lot of trouble with her parents this year. They want her 2.to be at school every day and 3.expect her 4.to do more at school.She 5.knows she 6.must 7.work hard 8..to get good marks but she 9.cannot 10.arrive at school on time and 11.be ready with her tasks. Pat 12.is almost twelve and she 13.thinks she 14.has become a grown-up person. "I 15.am not a child any longer!"she repeats to her parents every day. "Why do you 17.want me 18.to come back home so early?"One day she 19.was walking from her friends very late and it 20.was dark in the street. Pat 21. felt very frightened. Suddenly she 22.heard some noise she 23.turned round and....