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There were 102 passengers on the plane. They were waiting for the plane to take
off. But the plane was just sitting there. The plane could not take off without a pilot.
The co-pilot was already on board. But the pilot was not. Where was the pilot? The
flight attendants didn’t know. The co-pilot didn’t know. The passengers didn’t know.
Finally, the pilot got on the plane. He was singing and laughing. He waved to all the
passengers. He said hello. He told them his name--three times. His eyes were
bloodshot. His breath smelled of alcohol. He said, “Are you all ready to fly? We’re
going to fly. We’re going to fly high into the sky.” A passenger close to him was
angry. “Why are you so late?” The pilot said, “I’m not late—you’re early!” He laughed
at his own joke. “You’re drunk,” the passenger said. He dialed 911. The police came.
They talked to the pilot. They took him off the plane. He was still laughing and
singing. “Mom, if the police take the pilot to jail, who will fly our plane?” a little boy
asked his mother. The flight attendant announced that a new pilot would arrive
“Tomorrow will be the best day of my life,” Betty said. “Yes, it will be,” said her mom.
“I’m so happy for you. Paul is such a good man. He will make a great husband and
father. And he’s so nice. Your dad and I both love him.” Betty met Paul after she
broke her leg. She broke her leg skiing. Paul was the doctor who fixed her leg. He
visited her every day in the hospital. Then he visited her at home. He brought her
Get Well cards and gifts. They fell in love with each other. “I never thought a broken
leg would be a good thing,” Betty told her mom. “But it was the best thing that ever
happened to you. Life is strange sometimes,” her mom said. After Betty’s leg healed,
she and Paul started dating. They went to movies and restaurants. They went to the
beach. They even went skiing. They were so happy together. One day Paul asked
Betty to marry him. “Can we have lots of kids?” she asked. “Of course,” he said. “But
It’s a windy day. The wind is blowing hard. Paper is blowing everywhere. The wind
blew the man’s hat off. It blew the woman’s hat off. It blew a bird off the telephone
wire. The other birds laughed. The wind keeps blowing. The trees are bending over.
The people outside are bending over. The wind makes it hard to walk. The wind
makes it hard to drive. The big trucks have to pull over. They have to stop on the
side of the freeway. One driver did not stop. He was in a hurry. The wind blew his
truck over. The big truck is on its side. The wheels are spinning in the wind. The
driver was not hurt. He is waiting for a crane. The crane will pick up the truck. The
crane will put the truck on its wheels again. The driver learned his lesson. He will
never drive in the wind again. The wind makes it hard to fly, too. Pilots know the wind
is dangerous. They do not fly their small planes in windy weather. They do not want
to crash into the ground. A crash will kill them. They sit at the airport. They drink
There was a bus accident. The bus accident was near a dam. The bus ran off the
road. The bus tipped over. Two people died. Eight people were hurt. The bus driver
was going too fast. The road is a two-lane road. It is a narrow road. It isn’t a wide
road. The road is not straight. It bends a lot. It curves a lot. The road looks like a
snake. The speed limit is 25 mph. The bus was going 50 mph. The passengers were
afraid. The bus ran into a guard rail. Then the bus tipped over. Passengers yelled.
Luggage flew through the air. Luggage hit people. Luggage hit people in the face.
Luggage hit people in the head. The windows broke. The windshield broke. Glass
ambulances came. They took people to the hospital. The police came. They took the
driver to jail.