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The Olympic Games will be held in our
country in four years' time. As a great
many people will be visiting the country,
the government will be building new
hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine
new swimming pool. 'They will also be
building new roads and a special railway-
line. The Games will be held just outside
the capital and the whole area will be
called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have
completed the new roads by the end of
this year. By the end of next year, they
will have finished work on the new
stadium. The fine modern buildings have
been designed by Kurt Gunter. Every
body will be watching anxiously as the
new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the
Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.
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Erna Hart is going to swim across the
English Channel tomorrow. She is going
to set out from the French coast at five
o'clock in the morning. Erna is only tour-
teen years old and she hopes lo set up a
new world record. She is a strong swim-
mer and many people feel that she is sure
to succeed. Erna's father will set out with
her in a small boat. Mr Hart has trained
his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will
be watching her anxiously as she swims
the long distance to England. Erna in-
tends to take short rests every two hours.
She will have something to drink but she
will not eat any solid food. Most of Erna's
school friends will be waiting for her on
the English coast. Among them will be Erna't mother, who swam the Channel
herself when she was a girl.
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Rov Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short
while ago, however, he became a bus-
driver and he was not regretted it. He is
finding his new work far more exciting.
When he was driving along Catford Street
recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a
shop and run towards a waiting car. One
of them was carrying a bag full of money.
Roy acted quickly and drove the bus
straight at the thieves. The one with the
money got such a fright that he dropped
the bag. As the thieves were trying to get
away in their car, Roy drove his bus into
the back of it. While the battered car was
moving away, Roy stopped his bus and
telephoned the police. The thieves' car
was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped
the car and both men were arrested.
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Ted Robinson has been worried all the
week. Last Tuesday he received a letter
from the local police. In the letter he was
asked to call at the station. Ted wondered
why he was wanted by the police, but he
went to the station yesterday and now he
is not worried any more. At the station,
he was told by a smiling policeman that
his bicycle had been found. Five days
ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle
was pinged up in a small village four hun-
dred miles away. It is now being sent to
his home by train. Ted was most sur-
prised when he heard the news. He was
amused too, because he never expected
the bicycle to be found. It was stolen
twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen !
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Nearly a week passed before the girl was
able to explain what had happened to her.
One afternoon she set out from the coast
in a small boat and was caught in a storm.
Towards evening, the boat struck a rock
and the girl jumped into the sea. Then
she swam to the shore after spending the
whole night in the water.During that
time she covered a distance of eight miles.
Early next morning, she saw a light ahead.
She knew she was near the shore because
the light was high up on the cliffs. On
arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up
the cliff towards the light she had seen.
That was all she remembered. When she
woke up a day later, she found herself in
hospital.
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People are not so honest as they once
were. The temptation to steal is greater
than ever before--especially in large
shops. A detective recently watched a
well-dressed woman who always went
into a large store on Monday mornings.
One Monday, there were fewer people in
the shop than usual when the woman
came in, so it was easier for the detective
to watch her. The woman first bought a
few small articles. After a little time, she
chose one of the most expensive dresses
in the shop and handed it to an assistant
who wrapped it up for her as quickly as
possible. Then the woman simply took
the parcel and walked out of the shop
without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop-
assistant was her daughter. The girl' gave' her mother a free dress once a week !
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