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An angry woman sat in the station office.“The railway should pay me $12,”she said to Harry, the man who sold the ticket.“My ticket was for May 22nd, and there was 1 train from Jersey that night.My daughter and I had to 2 in a hotel.It 3 me $12.”
Harry was 4 .He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. 5 he checked the Jersey timetable for May 22nd, he knew she was right.However, had he made such a careless mistake?Wondering 6 to do, he smiled at the woman's child.“Did you have a nice 7 in Jersey?”he said to her.“Yes,”she answered shyly.“The seashore was lovely.And I can swim, too!”
“That's fine,”said Harry.“My little girl can't swim at all.Of course, she's only three…”
“I'm four,”the child said 8 .“I'll soon be four and a half.”
Harry turned to the mother.“I remember your ticket, madam,”he said.“ 9 you didn't buy one ticket 10 your daughter, did you?”
“Well,”the woman looked at her child,“I 11 she hasn't started school yet.She is only four.”
“A 4-year-old child 12 pay for a ticket, madam.A child's return ticket 13 Jersey costs $13.50.So 14 we pay your hotel bill, you will owe (欠)$1.50.The law is the law, since the mistake was mine…”
Saying 15 , the woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the station office.
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