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In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the events that happen before that sentence, or are likely to have happened before it. Does any of them directly cause it, or simply make it possible? You should write your answer in the form " A >causes/enables> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible.
question:
story: I waited for the afternoon school bus to take me home. When the bus arrived at my stop, outside was raining. Knowing this, the bus driver still wanted me to get out. After walking out, I became soaked from the rain. I decided to wait in a store for the rain to clear up.
selected sentence: When the bus arrived at my stop, outside was raining.
answer:
I was riding a bus home >Causes/Enables> The bus arrived at my home and it was raining out

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story: Sally was riding her bike. She was only on her bike for a few minutes before she got a flat tire. She quickly patched up her bike with some tape. She was able to swap out a new tire when she went back to her car. Sally was able to complete her morning bike ride.
selected sentence: Sally was riding her bike.
answer:
Sally gets her bike >Causes/Enables> Sally rides her bike

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story: I was walking through the forest on a dark and stormy night. The wind was whipping through the trees. It looked like the branches were reaching down to grab me. I ran as fast as I could to get out into the clear. Then I woke up in a cold sweat from the nightmare I was having.
selected sentence: It looked like the branches were reaching down to grab me.
answer:
Wind blows the trees >Causes/Enables> Branches look like they are reaching down