Fifty Pence Worth of Trouble

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[00:01.45]Lesson 15
[00:04.05]Fifty pence worth of trouble
[00:12.79]Did George get anything for his fifty pence? What?
[00:19.66]Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
[00:23.31]Mum or dad,of course,provides a regular supply of pocket money,
[00:28.07]but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income.
[00:33.19]With some children, small sums go a long way.
[00:37.94]If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets,
[00:41.82]they rattle for months inside money boxes.
[00:45.27]Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box.
[00:49.52]For most of them,fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
[00:55.99]My nephew,George,has a money box but it is always empty.
[01:01.81]Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him
[01:06.54]have found their way there.
[01:08.78]I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
[01:13.69]Instead,he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
[01:18.28]On his way to the sweet shop,he dropped his fifty pence
[01:22.15]and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
[01:28.00]George took off his jacket,rolled up his sleeves
[01:31.91]and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.
[01:36.45]He could not find his 50 pence piece anywhere,
[01:39.72]and what is more,
[01:41.15]he could not get his arm out.
[01:43.82]A crowd of people gathered round him
[01:46.13]and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter,
[01:48.87]but George was firmly stuck.
[01:51.76]The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
[01:59.33]George was not too upset by his experience
[02:02.10]because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles
[02:06.27]and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.