Windfall

One day, a few years ago, David Smith (1)__________(work) on his afternoon shift as a taxi driver. It was a warm day in August. On this particular day he (2)________________(drive) his black cab around the financial centre of London. He (3)______________(stop) to buy a newspaper and (4)___________(just / get) back into his taxi when two men (5)_______________(come) running by. They (6)_________________(both / wear) masks and had guns in their hands. 

They suddenly (7) ______________________(open) the doors of the taxi and told David to drive as fast as he could. The two men were incredibly nervous and one was shouting at the other. One of them was, in fact, so nervous that he (8)______________(cry). David just (9)____________(drive). He didn't know what to do; he was completely frozen. Luckily, that part of London is not that busy on a Saturday and so they quickly (10)______________(get) away from the scene of the crime. However, the two men continued to argue and shout at each other. They were both swearing and shouting and suddenly one of them (11)_____________(punch) the other and then (12)________________(jump) out of the taxi. The other one immediately got out and (13)_______________(chase) after him. 

David quickly drove away. He was feeling sick from being so nervous but he couldn't stop driving. He drove for at least 20 minutes until he felt safe. He then (14)____________________(stop) the taxi and got out. He was sick on the side of the road from the nerves. When he got back in the taxi he 
(15)______________(notice) that the robbers (16)_____________________(leave) the guns and a big black sack in the taxi.

David (17) _________________________(look) in the bag. It (18)___________________(stuff) with foreign currency. Dollars, German marks, French francs and Japanese yen. There was so much money in the bag that when David took the money home and started counting it, he got bored and never counted it all; he said he (19) _________________________(count) for more than five hours but as the money was in different currencies it had got very complicated. There was even money from countries he didn't recognise.

David had little choice but to hand the money in because he was, of course, worried about the guns. However, he never (20)_________________(receive) any compensation and the two men were never arrested. In a radio interview some years later he admitted that he (21)_________________(regret) not keeping the money. He also confessed that his wife (22) ______________________(want) him to 'sit and wait and see what happens', but he (23)_________________(insist)on handing the money in. There was nearly one million pounds worth of used foreign currency.