My husband and I were on our way home after holidaying in Queensland with our three children. It was late afternoon as we were heading for Narrandera, where we ___1___ to stay the night.
The car became difficult to control and we ___2___ we had a flat tyre (轮胎). It was quite ___3___ by the time we'd ___4___ all the camping equipment and ___5___ the tyre. Then, not long after getting back on the road, another tyre ___6___. But now we had no ___7___. There was no traffic on the road and were only farms along the way.
Just as we were debating whether to sleep in the car or ___8___ to the nearest farm for help, car headlights ___9___ in the distance. My husband walked to the middle of the road to flag it down, ___10___ the children and I sat in the car with the inside light on so the driver could ___11___ we were a family and not a threat.
___12___， it was a lovely couple and their three children who lived on a nearby ___13___ farm. We all piled into (挤进) their car, and a short drive later we ___14___ their farm. They suggested we spend the ___15___ on the floor of their sitting room.
The next morning, after cooking us a great ___16___， the farmer took my husband to the nearby town to buy new tyres. Our two ___17___ got on so well that they ___18___ us to stay on for another day to learn about the workings of the farm and watch their daughter ___19___ ride one of the huge pigs.
We finally continued home to South Australia, very ___20___ for the kindness this family had shown us.
