Big Truck Little Island Flashcards
out on a ocean,one bright summer day,boud for a Island still 5 miles away
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A tugboat was towing a truck on a barge a truck that was hauling a load ,extra large
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the cargo it carried was all under wraps
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tied to the trailer with buckles and straps
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facing a twisty and treacherous ride to get to the field on the far eastern side.
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the barge reached the ramp.
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the truck Trundled off.
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it bucked up the bridge with a wheeze and a cough.
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then slowly but surely it chugged up the road lugging its 20TON oversize load.
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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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The trailer was tipping,everything slipping!
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The wheels in the way back were no longer gripping!
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They skidded off the road and then -THUD!
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They landed and lodged in the soft sticky mud!
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Meg had a swim meet at three at the pool.
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She swam the fly for her team at the school.
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And Barry was already late for ballet.
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He needed to practice his battement frappe.
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Pete had a project to finish with Paul - a working volcano, with lava and all!
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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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Parental frustration soon started to show.
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How could they get where they needed to go?
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They stewed and they steamed.
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Their faces grew red.
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Then all of their children convened up ahead.
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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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Barry said, “Listen, let’s all exchange cars.
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We’ll borrow yours , and then you’ll borrow ours.
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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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The parents agreed the solution was great.
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By borrowing cars, they’d no longer be late.
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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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And as for that big rig, that too was okay.
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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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