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Problèmes avec les tuyaux

In hot water

Problèmes avec les tuyaux.

It was break-time at school. It was a dreadfully cold day as it had been snowing all morning. Joyce, Margaret and Mary were feeling the chill so they decided to find a warm place to stand and chat.

The best place in the whole school was the corridor next to the staff-room because the hot-water pipe ran down the wall opposite the door, but if a teacher came out and found them in the corridor they would be in big trouble, as children were not allowed to be there. The idea was to warm their hands on the pipe and the moment  they heard the door opening they would run away before they got caught.

Margaret was so cold that she decided to get between the pipe and the wall to warm her whole body. Unfortunately, she was a little plump and it was difficult to squeeze herself into the narrow space .

'Oh, this is lovely!' she grinned happily, but the smile left her face as the staff-room door started to open.

'Come on, Margaret,' her friends cried, but Margaret couldn't move. She was stuck!

The door opened and Mr. Dobson came out. It had to be him, the strictest teacher in the school!

'What are doing here?' he shouted at the girls. Then he saw Margaret.

'Come out, you silly girl!' he roared.

'I can't, sir.' replied Margaret, 'I'm stuck.'

'What goes in must come out!' the teacher answered, pulling at Margaret's arm.

Eventually, a very red Margaret was dragged out. The three girls were punished by sending them to sit in the freezing courtyard for the rest of the day!

**

 Note:This story is true and it took place in the sixties in the cold north-east of England before the days of central heating!

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1. What was the weather like? It was really awful.It was surprisingly warm.It was changeable.Je ne sais pas

2. Where was the warmest place in the school? There were no warm places.It was near the teachers'room.It was in the courtyard.Je ne sais pas

3. What couldn't the children do? They couldn't knock on the staff-room door.They couldn't stand in the corridor.They couldn't stand in the courtyard.Je ne sais pas

4. What did the girls want to do? They wanted to warm themselves up.They wanted to have a hot drink.They wanted to play hide and seek.Je ne sais pas

5. Why did Margaret get behind the pipes? She had dropped something.She heard a teacher coming.She was cold.Je ne sais pas

6. Why did Margaret get stuck? She wanted to hide.She was a little overweight.She wanted to play a joke on her friends.Je ne sais pas

7. Who came out of the staff-room? The most feared teacher in the school.Her favourite teacher.The worst teacher in the school.Je ne sais pas

8. What did the teacher tell Margaret to do? He told her that he wanted to warm his hands too.He told her to go to the teachers' room.He told her to come out.Je ne sais pas

9. How did the teacher get Margaret out? He pulled her out.He put soap on her arm.He bent the pipe.Je ne sais pas

10. How were the girls punished? They were expelled from school for a day.They got extra homework.They had to sit in the cold all day.Je ne sais pas