Open the brackets and use the verbs in the necessary tense form. Let me tell you what 1_____ (happen) once when my dear Uncle Podger 2_____ (decide) to hang a picture on the wall. He 3_____ (tell) us not to worry and just watch him do it. He 4_____ (say) he 5_____ (do) it by himself. Well, he 6______ (come up) to the picture which 7_____ (wait) to be put up in the dining room and 8 _____ (take) it. But suddenly it 9_____ (fall down) and the glass 10______ (break) into pieces and he 11______ (cut) his finger. He 12______ (start) looking for his handkerchief but couldn’t find it because he 13_____ (put) it in his coat and none of us 14______ (know) where his coat 15______ (be). “Six of you!” Uncle Podger 16______ (exclaim), “and you cannot find the coat that I 17 _____ (put down) only five minutes ago!” But then he 18______ (get up) from his chair and 19_____ (find) that he 20______ (sit) on his coat the whole time. “Oh, you can stop your search. I 21______ (find) it myself!” Then after he 22______ (spend) an hour on tying up his finger Uncle Podger 23_____ (wonder) where the hammer 24______ (disappear) to. And while everybody 25______ (try) to get the hammer, he 26______ (stand) on the chair saying: “Well, I 27______ (want) to know if you 28______ (keep) me here all evening!” Finally we 29______ (find) the hammer, but we 30______ (notice) that the nail which he 31_____ (prepare) was lost. And, of course, Uncle Podger 32_____ (not keep) silent while he 33_____ (wait) for another nail to be brought. When the picture at last was put on the wall, everybody 34______ (look) tired, all except Uncle Podger. Aunt Maria 35______ (remark) that if Uncle Podger 36______ (want) to do a job like that again, she 37_____ (go) and spend a week with her mother until it 38_____ (be) over. “Oh, you women, you 39_____ always (make) a fuss over everything,” Uncle Podger 40______ (answer).