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Albert works as a lifeguard at a beach resort.
His ___1___
comprises of sitting on a high chair at the beach
area and ___2___
a sharp lookout for anyone in the water who could be ___3___
trouble.
Albert meets ___4___
kinds of people. They include families ___5___
small children, elderly folk as well as young,
energetic teenagers. One morning, Albert was sitting
in his 'high' chair as ___6___
when he heard a voice ___7___,
"Excuse me, lifeguard." Albert looked ___8___
from his chair. An anxious looking, bespectacled
middle aged man stood below, ___9___
a pail.
"Excuse me, lifeguard," the man repeated. "Do I ___10___
to pay you for getting water from the sea ?"
Albert was puzzled. No one had ever asked him
such a ___11___
before. He decided that this man ___12___
either be a country bumpkin or a lunatic.
"Oh, you have to pay fifty cents for ___13___
pail of water you collect," said Albert jokingly. ___14___
to his surprise and amusement, the man paid him.
Albert soon forget the incident ___15___
the course of the day. In the late afternoon,
however, he saw the man ___16___.
As it was ___17___
tide, the water level was much lower than ___18___
the morning. When the man saw this, his eyes ___19___
wide with amazement.
"Why, you must have made a lot of ___20___
this afternoon," he exclaimed to Albert.
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