Lesson 5 No wrong numbers
Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury，but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he just bought twleve pigeons.
Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird coverd the distance in three minutes.
Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
In this way, he has begun his own private "telphone" service.
Lesson 6 Percy Buttons
I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.
Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.
In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.
I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away.
Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him.
His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.
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