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Chapter 6: Dealing with DiversityDESIGNED TO PHOTOCOPYPeter and LucyOnce upon a time there were two lovers, called Peter and Lucy,who lived either side of a dangerous river.They saw each other secretly every day.Peter, who had a boat, always visited Lucy, usually in the evenings after work.One day, Lucy was a little surprised that Peter didn’t turn up.After three days, she was worried that something bad had happened to Peter.So she decided to go and find him.First she asked Michael, the boatbuilder, to take her across the river.But Michael wanted to charge her, and she had no money.She asked Stephen, who had a boat, to help her,but he said he would only take her if she slept with him.She went back and told her parents everything, and asked them for some money.Michael took her across, but refused to wait for her.When she eventually found Peter’s house, another woman answered the door.She tried to see Peter, but in vain.Heartbroken, she wandered around for a while, then thought about getting back home.There was no boat, so she walked two miles to a bridge,which was guarded by a soldier called Oscar.He stopped her, saying that his General had forbidden anyone to cross the bridge.In the end, she swam into the dangerous river and died.The MINIMAX Teacher © Jon Taylor published by DELTA PUBLISHING95