In this task, you're given the beginning and the ending of a three-part story. Your job is to complete the short story by writing a middle sentence that seamlessly connects  the first and last sentence. Generated sentences must be short, have fewer than 10 words, and be simple as if narrating to a child. Avoid using any irrelevant extra information when creating the middle sentence, and use names (e.g. Jack, Barbara,...) instead of pronouns (e.g. he / she) wherever possible.

Beginning: I was shopping for a painting of Chinatown. Ending: I was very pleased with my purchase.
I found an imitation Ming Vase,.

Beginning: Katie was getting a new rug. Ending: The installers never came.
Katie was waiting to get it installed.

Beginning: Tom left his back door open and his cat got out. Ending: Later that evening a neighbor called to say she found the cat.

He was afraid he'd never see his cat again so he told everyone he'd lost his cat.

