| 1) | Mrs. Stephens lived in a small village, and she had five children. |
| 2) | She always had a lot of work. |
| 3) | The children went to different schools, |
| 4) | and Mrs. Stephens took them there in the morning in her car. |
| 5) | Then she bought food at the village shop, |
| 6) | and then she went home and cleaned the house, |
| 7) | washed the clothes |
| 8) | and made cakes or other things. |
| 9) | In the afternoon she drove back to the children's schools |
| 10) | and brought them home, |
| 11) | and then she cooked their evening meal. |
| 12) | Every evening she was very tired. |
| 13) | One morning she was in the village shop, |
| 14) | and she saw a small notice there. |
| 15) | It said, "I do cleaning for ￡1.50 an hour. |
| 16) | Telephone Miss Joan Brown, 7508." |
| 17) | Mrs. Stephens looked around the shop, |
| 18) | "Nobody's looking," she said. "That's good." |
| 19) | Then she took her pen out of her bag |
| 20) | and wrote under the notice, |
| 21) | "I do cleaning for nothing. Don't telephone me!" |