Lesson 73 The record holder
A boy who played truant travelled 1,600 miles.He hitchhiked to Dover where he slept in a boat,only to find himself in Calais the next morning.A lorry driver gave him a lift and something to eat,and the boy got off near Paris.He stopped another car but,instead of being taken to Paris,he was taken to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.After being picked up by a policeman,he was sent home by the local authorities.(80 words)
