Given a premise, an initial context, an original ending, and a new ending, the task is to generate the counterfactual context that is aligned with the new ending. Each instance consists of a five-sentence story. The premise is the first sentence of a story, and the second sentence, which is the initial context, provides more information about the story's context. The original ending is the last three sentences of the story. Also, you are given a new ending that can provide the new story with the same premise. You should write a counterfactual context to explain the small differences between the original and new endings. More specifically, a story context contains the general plot of the story. And a counterfactual context is a slight modification to the initial context. To sum up, you should write the second sentence of a story based on the premise(first sentence) and the new ending(last three sentences) of the story.

Q: Premise: Sam hoped it would snow for Christmas, but it was so warm! 
 Initial Context: Already it was mid-December and still fifty degrees. 
 Original Ending: The days grew shorter but no colder. On Christmas Eve he went to bed unhappily, expecting a warm Christmas. But when he woke in the morning, the ground was covered in snow! 
 New ending: The days grew shorter but no colder. On New Year's Eve he went to bed unhappily, expecting a warm January. But when he woke in the morning, the ground was covered in snow! 

A: Christmas came and it was hot as well.
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Q: Premise: Tim had the entire day off. 
 Initial Context: He wanted to get a lot of things done. 
 Original Ending: When his alarm hit Tim didn't want to wake up. He hit snooze over and over again. Tim wound up waking up late and doing nothing. 
 New ending: When his alarm hit Tim didn't want to wake up. He hit snooze over and over again. Tim wound up waking up late and doing nothing. 

A: He didn't have anything to do.
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Q: Premise: The football team had worked hard all season. 
 Initial Context: They won regionals and were on the way to the state play-offs. 
 Original Ending: During practice, the quarterback broke his arm. The team had to use the second string quarterback. Luckily, the team still won the play-offs. 
 New ending: During practice, the quarterback decided to quit. The team had to use the second string quarterback. Luckily, the team was more competitive in the play-offs the next year. 

A:
They lost the regionals and were on the way to practice.
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