Definition: In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the events that happen before that sentence, or are likely to have happened before it. Does any of them directly cause it, or simply make it possible? You should write your answer in the form " A >causes/enables> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible.
Input: story: Ned rode his bike to work everyday because he lived close. One day the weather turned bad so he decided to ride his car. On his way to work he got a flat tire. He was in the rainy fixing it and was late to work. Ned bought a raincoat and still rides his bike even in the rainy now.
 selected sentence: He was in the rainy fixing it and was late to work.

Ned gets a flat tire >Causes/Enables> Ned is late to work