66 years in love

Zoe and Bob sit in a pub for lunch. Photo: Ian Smith, The Province

Zoe and Bob sit in a pub for lunch.
Photo: Ian Smith, The Province

Adapted from The Province by Nila Gopaul

Level 1
February 2012

Zoe and Bob Longshaw are in love.
The two married on May 18, 1946.
Bob is 87 years old.  He was a mechanic.
Zoe is 86 years old.  She was a hairdresser.
Together, they raised five sons.
Bob and Zoe like to go out.
They go to a pub for lunch in Surrey.
Zoe drinks coffee.  She eats prawns.
Bob has beer and potato skins.

Bob and Zoe tell young couples:

  • “Don’t try to change each other.”
  • “Think before you speak.”

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