John:
What a marvellous snowman!
Julia: But he hasn't got any eyes. I'm going to give him
some eyes.
John: Here are tow stones, one for his right eye and one for
his left eye.
Tony: I'm going to give him some buttons for his coat. On,
two, three, four, five, six. Six buttons for his
coat.
(The sound of a coming train)
John:
Listen!
Tony: What is it?
John: Listen! I can hear a train. Can you
hear it?
Julia: Yes, I can. And look! Look!
Look down there! There's the train! It's going very fast,
isn't it?
Tony: That must be the fast train to London. It's the
express train. It doesn't stop at the station, does it?
Julia: No, it doesn't.
Tony: But the train is stopping. It is stopping.
Look!
John: Why is the train stopping?
Tony: I don't know. Oh, yes, I can see now.
There's an enormous snowdrift on the line. We must do
something.
Julia: We must do something. What can we do?
Scene
II
John:
I know what we can do. Tony, you go on your sledge to the
farm. You can go quickly down
the hill. Tell Daddy about the train and the snowdrift.
Tony:
But what can Daddy do?
John:
He can go and help to dig the snow away.
Julia:
But what can we do, John?
John:
You and I can go down the hill on our sledges and tell the man at the
station about the train and
the snowdrift.
Julia:
All right. Well, let's go. We must hurry.
Tony:
Ready, let's go.
Julia:
Mr. Barker! Mr. Barker!
Mr. Barker: Hello, Julia! Hello, John! What's the
matter?
Julia:
The express train, Mr. Barker! The express train!
Mr. Barker: Oh, it's coming now. It's the three o'clock train
to London. You're going to catch
it? Hah!
Hah! It doesn't stop here, you know. It doesn't stop at this
station.
Julia:
The train's in a snowdrift. A very big snowdrift. It's an
enormous snowdrift. The train can't go.
Mr. Barker: What? The train can't go? We must hurry
up! We, we must hurry up! I must telephone the
next station! Then I must go with some men and we must dig away the
snow. The train must get
to London on time. Thank you!
John:
Good-bye, Mr. Barker. Thank you! Good-bye ...
Ex.
Key:
1.
T 2. F 3.
T 4. F 5.
F 6. F 7.
T 8. F 9.
T 10. T 11.
F 12. T