Words
unload
wooden
goods
extremely
discover
occur
admit
astonish
confine
pile
woolen
normal
Content
Expensive and uncomfortable
When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.
No one could account for the fact that one of the boxed was extremely heavy.
It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
He was astonished at what he found.
A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods.
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.
He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined in the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
The man was ordered to pay 3500 pounds for the cost of the trip.
The normal price of a ticket si 2500 pounds.