This story happened a few years ago when British people could go on a day trip to
France without a passport. It is about a Mrs. and Mrs. Elham who went on a day trip to
Boulogne.
When they (a) _____________ their shopping, the couple (b) _____________ for a
walk to see the sights of the town. Unfortunately, they didn’t (c) _____________ much
French and couldn’t really (d) _____________ the street signs, so they (e)
_____________ completely lost. The French people they (f) _____________ were
very kind and eventually they (g) _____________ a lift to the railway station.
As the last ferry (h) _____________, the Elhams (i) _____________ to go to Paris and
(j) _____________ their way back to Dover from there. Unfortunately, they (k)
_____________ the wrong train and (l) _____________ themselves the next morning
– in Luxembourg! The local police (m) _____________ (the confused passengers on a
train for Paris and they (n) _____________ most of the way – all too soundly in fact, for
they (o) _____________ their connection and (p) _____________ in Basel in
Switzerland!
The obliging Swiss police (q) _____________ the couple directions back to Boulogne
but somehow the (r) _____________ their way again and ended up (s)
_____________ over sixty kilometers to Vesoul in central France. A long-distance
lorry driver gave the confused couple a lift to Paris, but when they (t) _____________
the Gare du Nord, their troubles were not over.
‘We (u) _____________ the signs,’ Mrs. Elham (v) _____________ ‘and took the train
to Bonn in Germany.’
From Germany the Elhams (w) _____________ quickly back to France. At the border,
a sympathetic gendarme decided to (x) _____________ they got to Boulogne safely,
so he (y) _____________ them all the way there.
As they didn’t have passports, it took twenty-four hours to (z) _____________ the
Customs that their unreal story (a1) _____________ possibly be true. But at last they
were allowed on a ferry and soon the familiar white cliffs of Dover (b1) _____________
the Elhams back to England.
