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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA．“ 1 station?A train for Santa Fe collided(相撞)a 2 at the McDonald Street Crossing．Please come here at once．With an ambulance(救护车), too．A man is badly wounded,”said a(n) 3 voice of a young woman．
“OK．We’ll come soon．Please stay there and wait,”replied the 4 ．
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 5 off．Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was 6 ．No collision, no wounded man．
“What a dirty 7 !”said the policeman angrily．“We must find out that mischievous(恶作剧的) 8 and…”
They had not been able to say anything about a 9 when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly．All of a sudden, a truck appeared．It came 10 towards them, too．When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly 11 to move on．Right then and 12 , before the eyes of all the people 13 , the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of meters away．
When Randolph Bruce, the 14 , was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just 15 the young woman had foretold(预言)on the phone．As he was taken to hospital in time, he was 16 at last．Later the police did whatever they could to 17 the woman who had 18 them, but failed．
It is really 19 that a prophecy(预言)should coincide(巧合)with the fact so 20 ．
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