In this task, you're given a story (which contains five sentences only). Your task is to find all the characters which are available in the given story.

[EX Q]: Sentence1: It was time to play games with my friends. Sentence2: We had four balls to play with. Sentence3: The best was the blue ball. Sentence4: Unfortunately, my friend Tim wanted to play with it. Sentence5: We both decided to compromise and share the blue ball.
[EX A]: I (myself), Tim, My friends

[EX Q]: Sentence1: Scot was a tiny puppy who loved to bark at things. Sentence2: She loved to bark at the springy doorstop most of all. Sentence3: She would thwack it with her nose and bark, bark, bark all day. Sentence4: Her people decided to remove the doorstop to get some peace and quiet. Sentence5: Scout didn't mind - she just barked at the wall instead!
[EX A]: Her people, Scot

[EX Q]: Sentence1: Derek was running late for class. Sentence2: He hopped on the bus just in time. Sentence3: He was on his way to school on the bus. Sentence4: He reached down in his backpack to pull out his computer. Sentence5: It wasn't there!
[EX A]:
Bus, Derek