Test of English as a Foreign Language - Sentence Correction

The father died without leaving a will, and since one of the sons was abroad at the time, the other took the cat's share of the property for himself.

Tom was late again this morning. This time he had some crow-and-bull story about having to take a woman with her poodle to see a vet!

We were planning a surprise party for Margaret but she walked in on our discussion, so of course that rather let the cat out the bag.

John is a real busy bird today. He has been rushing around all morning.