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Question 1

out on a ocean,one bright summer day,boud for a Island still 5 miles away

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Question 2

A tugboat was towing a truck on a barge a truck that was hauling a load ,extra large

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Question 3

the cargo it carried was all under wraps

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Question 4

tied to the trailer with buckles and straps

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Question 5

facing a twisty and treacherous ride to get to the field on the far eastern side.

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Question 6

the barge reached the ramp.

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Question 7

the truck Trundled off.

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Question 8

it bucked up the bridge with a wheeze and a cough.

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Question 9

then slowly but surely it chugged up the road lugging its 20TON oversize load.

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Question 10

one narrow roadway transected the isle,and the driver had driven it less than a mile when he came to a switchback terribly tight then felt the whole payload shift off to his right.

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Question 11

The trailer was tipping,everything slipping!

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Question 12

The wheels in the way back were no longer gripping!

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Question 13

They skidded off the road and then -THUD!

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Question 14

They landed and lodged in the soft sticky mud!

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Question 15

Meg had a swim meet at three at the pool.

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Question 16

She swam the fly for her team at the school.

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Question 17

And Barry was already late for ballet.

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Question 18

He needed to practice his battement frappe.

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Question 19

Pete had a project to finish with Paul - a working volcano, with lava and all!

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Question 20

And Sue had to be at the dog wash with Bunk - her sheepdog who’d tried to make friends with a skunk.

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Question 21

Parental frustration soon started to show.

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Question 22

How could they get where they needed to go?

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Question 23

They stewed and they steamed.

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Question 24

Their faces grew red.

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Question 25

Then all of their children convened up ahead.

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Question 26

Since Meg lived by Barry and Barry knew Pete, and Pete was Sue’s neighbor on Sycamore street, and Meg was in art club with Barry and Sue, they quickly decided, as friends, what to do.

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Question 27

Barry said, “Listen, let’s all exchange cars.

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Question 28

We’ll borrow yours , and then you’ll borrow ours.

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Question 29

I’ll switch with Pete and Meg swap with Sue, and later we’ll trade our cars back when we’re through.

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Question 30

The parents agreed the solution was great.

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Question 31

By borrowing cars, they’d no longer be late.

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Question 32

And so they departed and went on their way to the pool or the dog wash, to Paul’s or ballet.

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Question 33

And as for that big rig, that too was okay.

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Question 34

A wrecker was summoned and towed it away…to the far eastern field, where later that nightall was revealed, to the people’s delight.

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