Carol Roberts left school when she was seventeen and then thought, ‘What’s
going to happen now? I want to marry a nice, young man and have children, but
no nice, young men have asked me yet. Will I meet one soon, and will he want to
marry me?’
She spoke to her best friend about these questions, and her best friend said.
‘Go and ask a fortune-teller. Perhaps she’ll give you the answers.’
So Carol went to see a fortune-teller. The fortune-teller said to her, ‘I’ll give
you answers to two questions. It’ll cost you five pounds.’
Carol was surprised. She thought for some time, but at last she paid the
money. Then she said to the fortune-teller, ‘Isn’t that very expensive for only
two questions?’
‘Yes, it is,’ answered the fortune-teller. ‘And now what’s your second
question?’
A. Answer these questions.
- What did Carol want to do after she left school?
- What questions did she want to ask the fortune-teller?
- Why was Carol surprised?
- How much money did she give the fortune-teller?
- How did she spend half that money?
