*5 Complete the text with the Past Simple or Past Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

Задание 5

George Blake and the Birds of Paradise

A hundred and fifty years ago, two explorers, George Blake and Stanley Wilson, were travelling (travel) through a forest. The sun was shining (shine) and it was very hot. After some time they stopped (stop) because they were tired. They were sleeping (sleep) when George heard (hear) a strange sound. It was a beautiful bird, a bird of paradise! It was singing (sing) and another bird was watching (watch) it. George was drawing (draw) the birds when Stanley woke up (wake up). 'What's that noise?' he shouted. The birds were scared and flew away. George wasn't happy!