Late
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Martin is in a hurry. He is late to work again. Martin's boss doesn't like it when Martin is late. Martin remembers when he was late last week. His boss told him not to be late again. He wasn’t joking either. He was serious. "I mean it," Martin remembers him saying. Martin thinks he might lose his job if he is late again.
The time is now 7:15 a.m. Martin needs to be at work by 7:30. It takes him 22 minutes to drive to work."Things don’t look good," Martin says to himself. Martin runs out of the house. He jumps in his car. He puts the car in reverse. He backs up without looking.
BOOM!
It sounds as though someone has hit a drum. Martin’s car jerks to a stop. He has hit the car parked behind him."Oh, no!" Martin exclaims. He looks at the car through his rearview mirror. He does not recognize it.
Martin looks at his watch. It is 7:18. He needs to get to work. He looks around. There is no one on the street. There is no one nearby. He looks in the parked car. It is empty. A bead of sweat falls down his forehead and he wipes it away. Without thinking, Martin drives away.
Martin gets to work 10 minutes late. His boss is not around. "Thank goodness," Martin says to himself. He stops worrying. He sits at his desk to work.
During lunch, Martin goes out to the parking lot. He looks at his car. There is a big dent in the back of it. Then he thinks about the other car—the car he hit this morning. "I know that car is damaged too," he thinks. "That was not right," Martin says to himself. He decides to see if the car is still outside his house when he gets off work.
LateView passage imageMartin is in a hurry. He is late to work again. Martin's boss doesn't like it when Martin is late. Martin remembers when he was late last week. His boss told him not to be late again. He wasn’t joking either. He was serious. "I mean it," Martin remembers him saying. Martin thinks he might lose his job if he is late again.The time is now 7:15 a.m. Martin needs to be at work by 7:30. It takes him 22 minutes to drive to work."Things don’t look good," Martin says to himself. Martin runs out of the house. He jumps in his car. He puts the car in reverse. He backs up without looking.BOOM!It sounds as though someone has hit a drum. Martin’s car jerks to a stop. He has hit the car parked behind him."Oh, no!" Martin exclaims. He looks at the car through his rearview mirror. He does not recognize it.Martin looks at his watch. It is 7:18. He needs to get to work. He looks around. There is no one on the street. There is no one nearby. He looks in the parked car. It is empty. A bead of sweat falls down his forehead and he wipes it away. Without thinking, Martin drives away.Martin gets to work 10 minutes late. His boss is not around. "Thank goodness," Martin says to himself. He stops worrying. He sits at his desk to work.During lunch, Martin goes out to the parking lot. He looks at his car. There is a big dent in the back of it. Then he thinks about the other car—the car he hit this morning. "I know that car is damaged too," he thinks. "That was not right," Martin says to himself. He decides to see if the car is still outside his house when he gets off work.
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