Lesson 59 In or out
Our dog,Rex,used to sit outside the front gate and bark so that someone would open it.Ever since my
husband trained him to open the gate himself,Rex has developed another bad habit.He barks when he
is in the garden so that someone will let him out.After this he lets himself in and barks until someone opens the gate again.Now that my husband has removed the gate,Rex has disappeared.
Lesson 60 The future
The writer visited a fortune-teller at a village fair who told him that a relation was coming to see him.She added that a woman he knew well would speak to him when he left the tent and he would follow her out of the fair.This came true because his wife spoke to him when he went outside.She told him they had to meet his sister at the station and she led him out of the fair.
Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble
When the Hubble telescope was launched into space in April 1990,the pictures it sent us were very
disappointing because the main mirror was faulty.Four astronauts will soon be making the necessary
repairs,and eventually,pictures from the Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.
Lesson 62 After the fire
It took the firemen nearly three weeks to get the forest fire under control.Now that all the great trees had been burnt,there was danger that heavy rain would cause serious floods which would destroy the surrounding villages.To prevent this,the forest authorities ordered grass-seed which was sprayed over the ground by planes for nearly a month.By the time that it began to rain,the grass had taken root in many places.
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