________ (walk) slowly across the grass, he pointed the gun at the lion and fired. 2 ________ (wait) in the queue for half an hour, Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home. 3 _________ (follow) by some officials, Napoleon inspected his army. 4 _________ (compare) to the size of the whole Earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all. 5 I thought he was making fun of me, and ran faster than ever, _________ (reach) the school yard quite out of breath.