Tom Smith was a writer. He … (to write) detective stories for magazines. One evening he (to be not able) to invent an end for a story. He (to sit) with his typewriter in front of him, but he (to have ) no ideas. Then he (to go) to the cinema. When he (to leave), a burglar (to break) into his flat and (to read) his story. The visitor (to leave) Tom a note: “I have read your story and I (not to think) much of it. I (not to go) to steal anything tonight, but I will return, when you become a successful writer.” Tom (to study) the burglar’s suggestions and wrote the rest of the story.